The increased sensitivity of engineered products to external forces requires new computer-based design tools that can express the richness and complexity of product knowledge. This paper is a progress report of the author’s research towards the development of such a knowledge-based design tool, called the Design Knowledge Specification Language (DKSL). A key goal is to ensure the maximum possib...

The proliferation of different standards and joint initiatives for the classification of products and services (UNSPSC, e-cl@ss, RosettaNet, NAICS, SCTG, etc.) reveals that B2B markets have not reached a consensus on coding systems, level of detail of their descriptions, granularity, etc. This paper shows how these standards and initiatives, which are built to cover different needs and function...

A well-conceived conceptual model is essential to obtain systems that are easier to maintain. The UML class diagram is a powerful tool that can be applied at this step, but the developer has to have a clear understanding of the domain concepts in order to yield a diagram that captures the concepts and the relations of the domain. In order to verify the adequacy of the class diagram, an analysis...

Objective of the study: In this essay, we problematize onto-epistemological assumptions organizational decision-making theories, focusing on concepts action and decision.Approach: Based epistemological perspective transaction, propose an understanding decision as a relational element in action, constructing explanation supported ontological reality.Originality/relevance: We introduce concept en...

In this paper we present a foundational as well as generative ontology which is graph-based. We use a form called punctuator which is non-propositional and also non-settheoretic to build our system – Neo-Vaiśesika Formal Ontology. The idea is to present an ontological language which is formal. This language is a set of potentially infinite sentences (graphs) whose structure is captured by a fi...

Knowledge bases, data bases and object-oriented systems (referred to in the paper as Object-Centered systems) all rely on attributes as the main construct used to associate properties to objects; among these, a fundamental role is played by the so-called part-whole relation. The representation of such a structural information usually requires a particular semantics together with specialized inf...

We consider mapping unrestricted natural language to formal spatial representations. We describe ongoing work on a two-level machine learning approach. The first level is linguistic, and deals with the extraction of spatial information from natural language sentences, and is called spatial role labeling. The second level is ontological in nature, and deals with mapping this linguistic, spatial ...

Variability analysis in Software Product Line Engineering (SPLE) utilizes various software-related artifacts, including requirements specifications. Currently, measuring the similarity of requirements specifications for analyzing variability of software products mainly takes into account semantic considerations. This might lead to failure to capture important aspects of the software behavior as...

The paper presents preliminary results in the area of ontological engineering for historical research. Historical information systems are still in the initial stage of development. Our experience hitherto shows that the decisive stage in the development of such systems is a conceptual model and ontological engineering seems to be the right tool to build it. Our particular aim is to develop a da...

Knowledge bases data bases and object oriented systems referred to in the pa per as Object Centered systems all rely on attributes as the main construct used to associate properties to objects among these a fundamental role is played by the so called part whole relation The representation of such a structural informa tion usually requires a particular semantics together with specialized inferen...