The Notion of Role in Conceptual Modeling

: In this article we analyse the notion of knowledge role. First of all, we present how the relationship between problem solving methods and domain models is tackled in different approaches. We concentrate on how they cope with this issue in the knowledge engineering process. Secondly, we introduce several properties which can be used to analyse, characterise and define the notion of role. We evaluate and compare the works exposed previously following these dimensions. This analysis suggests some developments to better exploit the relationship between reasoning and domain knowledge. We present them in a last section. Key words: Knowledge Modeling, Knowledge Roles, Objects of Reasoning, Problem Solving Methods.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1997
• Where: EKAW
• Authors: Chantal Reynaud, Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles, Pierre Tchounikine, Francky Trichet
• Keywords: EKAW 1997, Information Management, Knowledge Engineering Process, Knowledge Roles, Problem Solving Methods