ISSUE-134

owl metamodel

RESOLVED: Metamodel for OWL 2

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CLOSED

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Raised by:

Peter Haase

Opened on:

2008-07-23

Description:

The current structural specification includes a number of UML diagrams. While thus far not made explicit, these diagrams are intended to be compliant with the MOF (MetaObject Facility). The specification of a language in terms of a MOF metamodel allows for a more precise formal specification, provides a machine readable format of the specification and enables the use of a range of MOF-based software tools. 

We therefore propose to make the use of MOF for the structural specification explicit by:

1) stating that the UML diagrams in the Structural Syntax document are consistent with a MOF compliant specification of the structural syntax

2) potentially adding a machine-readable serialization and high-level documentation of a MOF metamodel for OWL 2 as an additional document

This specification might also serve as a starting point for the standardization of an OWL 2 metamodel within the ODM WG of the OMG.

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1. ISSUE-134 (owl metamodel): Metamodel for OWL 2 (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2008-07-23)

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