OEP and SE

Hi Deborah, Chris and Guus,

I would like to discuss with you the relationship between the OEP  TF and the 
proposed SE TF. 

As mentioned in [1], the distinction between the two TFs is clear, i.e.,  OEP is more 
about engineering and patterns of ontologies, while SE is more about the use of 
ontologies in software architecture and lifecycles. The SE TF terms of reference [2] 
explicitly states that the scopes of the two TFs are disjoint. 

There are some potential connections between the two TFs. For instance, "Mapping 
from UML to OWL" is a suggested topic in OEP TF [3], the results from which 
could be applied in topics in SE TF, such as "Ontology-Driven Software 
Engineering".  

According to the meeting record [4] of the last teleconf, the proposed SE TF will be 
discussed in the coming teleconf. It would be helpful to understand your opinions 
about the relationships of the two TFs. 

Greetings,
Jeff

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Dr. Jeff Z. Pan  ( http://DL-Web.man.ac.uk/ )
School of Computer Science, The University of Manchester
  

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2004Nov/0087.html
[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2004Nov/0084.html
[3] http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/BestPractices/OEP/
[4] http://www.w3.org/2004/11/18-swbp-irc

Received on Tuesday, 23 November 2004 18:52:00 UTC