TY - GEN
T1 - Semantic round-tripping in conceptual modelling using restricted natural language
AU - Hossain, Bayzid Ashik
AU - Schwitter, Rolf
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Conceptual modelling plays an important role in information system design and is one of its key activities. The modelling process usually involves domain experts and knowledge engineers who work together to bring out the required knowledge for building the information system. The most popular modelling approaches to develop these models include entity relationship modelling, object role modelling, and object-oriented modelling. These conceptual models are usually constructed graphically but are often difficult to understand by domain experts. In this paper we show how a restricted natural language can be used for writing a precise and consistent specification that is automatically translated into a description logic representation from which a conceptual model can be derived. This conceptual model can be rendered graphically and then verbalised again in the same restricted natural language as the specification. This process can be achieved with the help of a bi-directorial grammar that allows for semantic round-tripping between the representations.
AB - Conceptual modelling plays an important role in information system design and is one of its key activities. The modelling process usually involves domain experts and knowledge engineers who work together to bring out the required knowledge for building the information system. The most popular modelling approaches to develop these models include entity relationship modelling, object role modelling, and object-oriented modelling. These conceptual models are usually constructed graphically but are often difficult to understand by domain experts. In this paper we show how a restricted natural language can be used for writing a precise and consistent specification that is automatically translated into a description logic representation from which a conceptual model can be derived. This conceptual model can be rendered graphically and then verbalised again in the same restricted natural language as the specification. This process can be achieved with the help of a bi-directorial grammar that allows for semantic round-tripping between the representations.
KW - Conceptual modelling
KW - Knowledge representation
KW - Restricted natural language
KW - Round-tripping
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082305398&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-39469-1_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-39469-1_1
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85082305398
SN - 9783030394684
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 3
EP - 15
BT - Databases Theory and Applications
A2 - Borovica-Gajic, Renata
A2 - Qi, Jianzhong
A2 - Wang, Weiqing
PB - Springer, Springer Nature
CY - Cham, Switzerland
T2 - 31st Australasian Database Conference, ADC 2019
Y2 - 3 February 2020 through 7 February 2020
ER -