Hi John
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UML is commonly used in NIEM for mapping and exchange content modeling. Also,
exchange models are required to be XMI representations in UML 1.4 or 2.1
metamodel.
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For shared, cross-domain (facility management, emergency management, and
geospatial) tasks like exchanging building floor plans with fire departments, a
time-saving benefit in using UML would be the ability to set up one or more
exchanges for a particular data model, such as NIEM, that was also able to be
picked up and used elsewhere to work with other data models (Industry
Foundation Classes, OASIS CAM Exchange Content Assembly Blueprints, OGC
Reference Model). However, even if this work was accomplished already, to
really stick in the building domain, you would still need to write out an
Information Delivery Manual in BPMN. Everyone involved would also need straight
up XML, code lists, definitions and so forth. I think at this point it is not
just the encodings and data model representations that are missing but also the
service interface and standards integration procedures.
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In your view is it even possible for model-driven exchange environments to
succeed without including ontologies? What is an example of a thriving
model-driven exchange community or ongoing cross-domain initiative that does
not use ontologies as part of their whole system?
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Regards
(05)
Deborah
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DEBORAH MACPHERSON, CSI CCS, AIA
Specifications and Research
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Deborah,
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Thanks for those examples.
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But I would like to point out that they use UML diagrams, not OWL to specify
the ontology.
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> US National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) for example in the User
> Guide http://www.niem.gov/pdf/NIEM_User_Guide.pdf
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That guide does contain a number of examples that use XML, but it does
*not* use RDF, and the ontology is specified in UML.
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That supports my previous claim:
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> 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.
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So my recommended way of promoting ontology is to build on what programmers
already know and use: UML diagrams.
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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.
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And that recommendation is right in line with the NIEM User Guide.
(022)
John
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