Enriching environmental software model interfaces through ontology-based tools

Ioannis N. Athanasiadis; Andrea Emilio Rizzoli; Marcello Donatelli; Laura Carlini

doi:10.1504/IJASS.2011.042205

Enriching environmental software model interfaces through ontology-based tools

Ioannis N. Athanasiadis^*, Andrea Emilio Rizzoli, Marcello Donatelli, Laura Carlini

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Abstract

Common practice has proven that software implementations of environmental models are seldom reused by broader communities or in different modelling frameworks. One of the reasons for this situation is the poor semantics of model interfaces. Model interfaces embrace a critical amount of the modellers' knowledge, but their software implementations can be considered as 'poor reflections' of modellers' perceptions, as they fail to represent the complexity of model assumptions in software terms. This paper addresses the problem by adopting an ontology-driven approach that aims to enrich software model interfaces with advanced semantics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	94-105
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies
Volume	4
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1504/IJASS.2011.042205
Publication status	Published - Aug 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Declarative modelling
Environmental informatics
Knowledge-based software engineering
Software component integration and reuse

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