1 INTEGRATING ENGINEERING METHODOLOGIES ONTOLOGY SUMMIT 2007 Paola Di Maio (remote) Goal of this presentation: to propose an integrated software development metholodogy that combines ontology, software and knowledge engineering principles and techniques

2 PROBLEM STATEMENT Ontology definition is becoming central to intelligent systems development Ontology Engineering Methodologies and Sofware Engineering Methodologies activitivies, are carried out as separate This presentation proposes an integrated approach aimed at synchronising such activities for the purpose of optmizing intelligent and knowledge based systems development

3 ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING METHODOLOGIES

4 OPEN ISSUES WITH KNOWN OEM 1. Various issues (see references 2,3,) 2. Knowledge Acquisition and Analysis activities are underspecified 3. Requirements analsysis and specification is underspecified 4. Usability Engineering activities are generally not included

5 OTHER ENGINEERING PRACTICES DETAILED AND IN DEPTH ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES TO BE INTEGRATED IN OEM ARE: ● REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING ● KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING ● USER CENTERED ENGINEERING

6 RECOMMENDATIONS 1)Requirements Analysis, Knowledge Abstraction and User Centered Design activities should be formally integrated in OEM, and OE Engineering activities should be integrated in SE methods, possibly leading to an Integrated Development Methodology 2) It is desirable that OEM should be designed with open and collaborative development environments in mind, such as open source

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