Short description of DOGMAModeler

DogmaModeler is an implementation of a theoretical DOGMA framework, including its model (the “Lexon” model) for creating, editing and representing ontologies, based on the separation of the ontology base and ontological commitments.

The screenshot of DogmaModeler is shown below where the left pane contains an ontology base represented as tree and the right pane is a graphical ontology editing tool. DogmaModeler can be used in two modes: either a user is editing the ontobase (the constraints toolbar is disabled), either he creates ontological commitments (it is possible to use the content of the ontology base, but impossible to change it).

The following features make DogmaModeler very efficient for knowledge engineering, in particular browsing and/or editing an ontology base and/or ontological commitments.

1. Ontology base and ontological commitment trees. A user is able to choose what commitment (s)he wants to review and for what application.
   

   

2. Graphical representation of ontology base and/or ontological commitments.
   

   

3. Tree of concepts and rules – another way of browsing part of ontology base and/or ontological commitments.
   

   

4. Natural language – verbalised representation of a conceptual model. The output are the facts and their constraints in pseudo natural language sentences, which allows non-experts to check, validate or build conceptual schema.
   

   

5. ORM-ML window represents conceptual models in ORM Markup Language.
   

   

contact: mustafa.jarrar@vub.ac.be

The ontology server in DogmaModeler