A Meta-model for Ontologies with ORM2

Development of ontology development tools and ontology-enhanced software applications requires thorough understanding of ontology languages in order to implement them according to their specification. We present a formal specification of the ontologies part of the Web Services Modeling Language WSML documentation as a conceptual model in ORM2. Such an approach s the semantics about ontological constructs, axioms, and properties from their implementation in arbitrary formats, thereby making the model easily understandable and reusable. This formal model in ORM2, which is understandable by both logician and software developer, can be used as any other conceptual model to develop applications, thereby ensuring smooth transition from theory to implementations that are faithful to the theory. Keywords. WSML, ontologies, ORM2, meta-modeling

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: OTM
• Authors: Christina Tziviskou, C. Maria Keet
• Keywords: Conceptual Model, Internet Technology, Ontology Development Tools, OTM 2007, Web Services Modeling Language