Deborah, (01)
Thanks for those examples. (02)
But I would like to point out that they use UML diagrams, not OWL
to specify the ontology. (03)
> US National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) for example in the User Guide
> http://www.niem.gov/pdf/NIEM_User_Guide.pdf (04)
That guide does contain a number of examples that use XML, but it does
*not* use RDF, and the ontology is specified in UML. (05)
That supports my previous claim: (06)
> Most programmers (including many computer scientists) are not
> convinced that ontologies are useful, and even many who think
> that they might be useful have no idea where to start. (07)
So my recommended way of promoting ontology is to build on what
programmers already know and use: UML diagrams. (08)
Most programmers ignore the OCL language, which is a version of FOL
in a weird notation. My recommendation is to use controlled English
as a replacement for OCL. (09)
And that recommendation is right in line with the NIEM User Guide. (010)
John (011)
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