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Ontology-Driven Software Development

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Editors:
  1. Jeff Z. Pan

    1. , Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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  2. Steffen Staab

    1. Insitute for Computer Science, University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany

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  3. Uwe Aßmann

    1. , Institute for Software-, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

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  4. Jürgen Ebert

    1. , Institute for Software Technology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany

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  5. Yuting Zhao

    1. , Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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  • Explains the use of ontologies and reasoning technologies in domain AND software modeling

  • Combines Semantic Web technologies with software development

  • Introduces a novel platform for ontology-driven software development

  • Complemented by the website http://www.odsd.eu/Book/ODSD with additional teaching material and further information

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Uwe Aßmann, Jürgen Ebert, Jeff Z. Pan, Steffen Staab, Yuting Zhao
    Pages 1-15

  3. Ontology and Software Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-19
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    2. Model-Driven Software Development

      • Fernando Silva Parreiras, Gerd Gröner, Tobias Walter, Andreas Friesen, Tirdad Rahmani, Jens Lemcke et al.
      Pages 21-50

    3. Ontology Languages and Description Logics

      • Yuting Zhao, Jeff Z. Pan, Edward Thomas, Nophadol Jekjantuk, Yuan Ren
      Pages 51-67

    4. Case Studies for Marrying Ontology and Software Technologies

      • Krzysztof Miksa, Pawel Sabina, Andreas Friesen, Tirdad Rahmani, Jens Lemcke, Christian Wende et al.
      Pages 69-94

  4. Foundational Technologies for Ontology-Driven Software Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-97
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  5. Foundational Technologies for Ontology-Driven Software

    1. Scalable Ontology Reasoning Services

      • Edward Thomas, Yuan Ren, Jeff Z. Pan, Yuting Zhao, Nophadol Jekjantuk
      Pages 99-120

    2. Traceability

      • Hannes Schwarz, Jürgen Ebert
      Pages 121-150

    3. Metamodelling and Ontologies( ∗ )

      • Gerd Gröner, Nophadol Jekjantuk, Tobias Walter, Fernando Silva Parreiras, Jeff Z. Pan
      Pages 151-174

  6. Consistency Checking in Ontology-Driven Software Development (ODSD)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-177
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  7. Consistency Checking in Ontology Driven Software Development (ODSD)

    1. Ontology and Bridging Technologies

      • Uwe Aßmann, Jürgen Ebert, Tobias Walter, Christian Wende
      Pages 179-192

    2. Ontology Reasoning for Consistency-Preserving Structural Modelling

      • Christian Wende, Katja Siegemund, Edward Thomas, Yuting Zhao, Jeff Z. Pan, Fernando Silva Parreiras et al.
      Pages 193-218

    3. Ontology Reasoning for Process Models

      • Yuan Ren, Gerd Gröner, Tirdad Rahmani, Jens Lemcke, Andreas Friesen, Srdjan Zivkovic et al.
      Pages 219-252

  8. Ontology-Driven Software Development (ODSD) with Process Guidance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-255
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  9. Ontology Driven Software Development (ODSD) with Process Guidance

    1. Ontology-Driven Metamodelling for Ontology-Integrated Modelling(∗)

      • Uwe Aßmann, Jürgen Ebert, Tobias Walter, Christian Wende
      Pages 257-274

    2. A Platform for ODSD: The MOST Workbench

      • Srdjan Zivkovic, Christian Wende, Edward Thomas, Fernando Silva Parreiras, Tobias Walter, Krzysztof Miksa et al.
      Pages 275-292

    3. Ontology-Guided Software Engineering in the MOST Workbench

      • Uwe Aßmann, Srdjan Zivkovic, Krzysztof Miksa, Katja Siegemund, Andreas Bartho, Tirdad Rahmani et al.
      Pages 293-318

    4. Conclusion and Outlooks

      • Jeff Z. Pan, Steffen Staab, Uwe Aßmann, Jürgen Ebert, Yuting Zhao, Daniel Oberle
      Pages 319-322

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 323-337
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About this book

This book is about a significant step forward in software development. It brings state-of-the-art ontology reasoning into mainstream software development and its languages. Ontology Driven Software Development is the essential, comprehensive resource on enabling technologies, consistency checking and process guidance for ontology-driven software development (ODSD). It demonstrates how to apply ontology reasoning in the lifecycle of software development, using current and emerging standards and technologies. You will learn new methodologies and infrastructures, additionally illustrated using detailed industrial case studies.

The book will help you:

  • Learn how ontology reasoning allows validations of structure models and key tasks in behavior models.
  • Understand how to develop ODSD guidance engines for important software development activities, such as requirement engineering, domain modeling and process refinement.
  • Become familiar with semantic standards, such as the Web Ontology Language (OWL) and the SPARQL query language.
  • Make use of ontology reasoning, querying and justification techniques to integrate software models and to offer guidance and traceability supports.

This book is helpful for undergraduate students and professionals who are interested in studying how ontologies and related semantic reasoning can be applied to the software development process. In addition, itwill also be useful for postgraduate students, professionals and researchers who are going to embark on their research in areas related to ontology or software engineering.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“The European project ‘MOST: Marrying Ontology and Software Technology’ is the origin of this book. … It is intended to serve different audiences, ranging from researchers who seek an introduction to a new area of investigation to students (advanced undergraduate and graduate) in a classroom. To assist instructors and students, the editors have identified sections in the book as being particularly important for students.” (Anthony J. Duben, Computing Reviews, June, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    Jeff Z. Pan, Yuting Zhao

  • Insitute for Computer Science, University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany

    Steffen Staab

  • , Institute for Software-, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Uwe Aßmann

  • , Institute for Software Technology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany

    Jürgen Ebert

About the editors

Jeff Z. Pan is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen and the Deputy Director of Research of the Department of Computing Science. Jeff has a strong academic background in semantic reasoning, in particular scalable ontology reasoning, querying and reuse, and their applications (such as in software engineering).

Steffen Staab is professor at the University of Koblenz-Landau and Director of the Institute for Web Science and Technologies. Steffen has a comprehensive background in semantic technologies and their application in areas such as software and service engineering and software architectures.

Uwe Aßmann is a professor for software engineering at the Technical University of Dresden and co-chair of the Institute for Software and Multimedia Technology. Uwe has a strong academic and industry background in software development.

Jürgen Ebert is a professor at the University of Koblenz-Landau and holds the chair for Software Engineering in Koblenz since 1982.  Jürgen has a strong background in modeling, software architecture, and software reengineering.

Yuting Zhao is a researcher at the University of Aberdeen. Yuting focuses on formalising and reasoning using semantic technologies, as well as their applications.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ontology-Driven Software Development

  • Editors: Jeff Z. Pan, Steffen Staab, Uwe Aßmann, Jürgen Ebert, Yuting Zhao

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31226-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-31225-0Published: 22 December 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42895-1Published: 29 January 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-31226-7Published: 22 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 338

  • Topics: Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

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