Re: UML/XMI and semantic web

> question of building ontologies has came up. Observing the  research 
> in this area it is still unclear to me whether it is  
> possible/feasible to use UML as modelling language for onthologies

check:
http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/Publications/CEUR-WS/Vol-23/cranefield-ijcai99-iii.pdf

for using UML as an ontology modelling language


> and then  XMI in order to provide a machine readable form? Please give 
> me some pros -  contras, considering UML/XMI and let's say OIL based 
> modelling. I'd also  welcome some related URLs.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> oliver
> 

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Advanced Knowledge Technologies (AKT)
Dept. of Electronics and Computer Science
University of Southampton
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