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CML: The commonKADS conceptual modelling language

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A Future for Knowledge Acquisition (EKAW 1994)

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We present a structured language for the specification of knowledge models according to the CommonKADS methodology. This language is called CML (Conceptual Modelling Language) and provides both a structured textual notation and a diagrammatic notation for expertise models. The use of our CML is illustrated by a variety of examples taken from the VT elevator design system.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Social Science Informatics, University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 15, NL-1018, WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Guus Schreiber, Bob Wielinga & Anjo Anjewierden

  2. AI Lab, Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Walter Van de Velde

  3. Netherlands Energy Research Foundation ECN, P.O. Box 1, 1755, ZG Petten, The Netherlands

    Hans Akkermans

  4. Information Systems Department, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500, AE Enschede, The Netherlands

    Hans Akkermans

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Schreiber, G., Wielinga, B., Akkermans, H., Van de Velde, W., Anjewierden, A. (1994). CML: The commonKADS conceptual modelling language. In: Steels, L., Schreiber, G., Van de Velde, W. (eds) A Future for Knowledge Acquisition. EKAW 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 867. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58487-0_1

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