Parreiras Semantic Web and Model-Driven Engineering

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-13505-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

The next enterprise computing era will rely on the synergy betweenboth technologies: semantic web and model-driven softwaredevelopment (MDSD). The semantic web organizes system knowledge inconceptual domains according to its meaning. It addresses variousenterprise computing needs by identifying, abstracting andrationalizing commonalities, and checking for inconsistenciesacross system specifications. On the other side, model-drivensoftware development is closing the gap among businessrequirements, designs and executables by using domain-specificlanguages with custom-built syntax and semantics. It focuses onusing modeling languages as programming languages.
Among many areas of application, we highlight the area ofconfiguration management. Consider the example of atelecommunication company, where managing the multipleconfigurations of network devices (routers, hubs, modems, etc.) iscrucial. Enterprise systems identify and document the functionaland physical characteristics of network devices, and controlchanges to those characteristics. Applying the integration ofsemantic web and model-driven software development allows for
(1) explicitly specifying configurations of network devices withtailor-made languages,
(2) for checking the consistency of these specifications
(3) for defining a vocabulary to share device specificationsacross enterprise systems. By managing configurations withconsistent and explicit concepts, we reduce cost and risk, andenhance agility in response to new requirements in thetelecommunication area.
This book examines the synergy between semantic web andmodel-driven software development. It brings together advances fromdisciplines like ontologies, description logics, domain-specificmodeling, model transformation and ontology engineering to takeenterprise computing to the next level.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parreiras, Fernando S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I FUNDAMENTALS
1 INTRODUCTION 3
2 MODEL-DRIVEN ENGINEERING FOUNDATIONS 9
3 ONTOLOGY FOUNDATIONS 21
4 MARRYING ONTOLOGY AND MODEL-DRIVEN ENGINEERING 44
CONCLUSION OF PART I
PART II THE TWOUSE APPROACH
5 THE TWOUSE CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE 65
6 QUERY LANGUAGES FOR INTEGRATED MODELS 78
7 THE TWOUSE TOOLKIT 86
CONCLUSION OF PART II
PART III APPLICATIONS IN MODEL-DRIVEN ENGINEERING
8 IMPROVING SOFTWARE DESIGN PATTERNS WITH OWL 99
9 MODELING ONTOLOGY-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS 112
10 ENABLING LINKED DATA CAPABILITIES TO MOF COMPLIANT MODELS 124
CONCLUSION OF PART III
PART IV APPLICATIONS IN THE SEMANTIC WEB
11 MODEL-DRIVEN SPECIFICATION OF ONTOLOGY TRANSLATIONS 141
12 AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF ONTOLOGY APIs 156
13 USING TEMPLATES IN OWL ONTOLOGIES 171
CONCLUSION OF PART IV
14 CONCLUSION 187

Über Autor(innen)

FERNANDO SILVA PARREIRAS, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the FUMEC University, Brazil, leading the Laboratory of Advanced Information Systems (LIAISE). He received his PhD in computer science from the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany, summa cum laude. He leads the development of open source software to bridge the gap between semantic web and model-driven software development. Prior to joining the FUMEC University, Dr. Parreiras held positions as researcher and project leader at the University of Koblenz-Landau and as software developer at Unisys.