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Automated UML-Based Ontology Generation in OSLO2

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The Semantic Web: ESWC 2017 Satellite Events (ESWC 2017)

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In 2015, Flanders Information started the OSLO2 project, aimed at easing the exchange of data and increasing the interoperability of Belgian government services. RDF ontologies were developed to break apart the government data silos and stimulate data reuse. However, ontology design still encounters a number of difficulties. Since domain experts are generally unfamiliar with RDF, a design process is needed that allows these experts to efficiently contribute to intermediate ontology prototypes. We designed the OSLO2 ontologies using UML, a modeling language well known within the government, as a single source specification. From this source, the ontology and other relevant documents are generated. This paper describes the conversion tooling and the pragmatic approaches that were taken into account in its design. While this tooling is somewhat focused on the design principles used in the OSLO2 project, it can serve as the basis for a generic conversion tool. All source code and documentation are available online.

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    http://www.omg.org/spec/UML/.

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    http://www.sparxsystems.com/products/ea/.

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    https://www.visual-paradigm.com.

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    http://www.sparxsystems.fr/resources/user-guides/automation/enterprise-architect-object-model.pdf.

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  1. IDLab, Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University – imec, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Dieter De Paepe, Raf Buyle, Ruben Verborgh & Erik Mannens

  2. Flanders Information, Koningin Maria Hendrikaplein 70, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Geert Thijs

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Correspondence to Dieter De Paepe , Geert Thijs , Raf Buyle , Ruben Verborgh or Erik Mannens .

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  1. Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

    Eva Blomqvist

  2. Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Katja Hose

  3. University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

    Heiko Paulheim

  4. Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

    Agnieszka Ławrynowicz

  5. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Fabio Ciravegna

  6. Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

    Olaf Hartig

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De Paepe, D., Thijs, G., Buyle, R., Verborgh, R., Mannens, E. (2017). Automated UML-Based Ontology Generation in OSLO2. In: Blomqvist, E., Hose, K., Paulheim, H., Ławrynowicz, A., Ciravegna, F., Hartig, O. (eds) The Semantic Web: ESWC 2017 Satellite Events. ESWC 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10577. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70407-4_18

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