Re: Turtle/UML

>
> Maybe it's time to launch an initiative to get an standard
> graphical representation of the RDF model...
>

+1





>
> On 21 December 2011 00:32, Cory Casanave <cory-c@modeldriven.com> wrote:
> > We do the opposite – we generate RDF and OWL from UML models.  We find
> the
> > UML tools much more mature (Our favorite is Magicdraw) and the notation
> more
> > stakeholder friendly.  We also generate other artifacts (code,
> descriptors,
> > XML, etc) from the same models which include other system aspects such as
> > services and processes. We could easily gen turtle.  We use UML extended
> a
> > bit with profiles but it is mostly normal UML, for full-boat OWL more
> > extension to UML is needed but most of our requirements don’t call for
> > full-boat OWL.  The UML subset used for LoD seems at about the right
> > semantic level for many applications.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Cory Casanave
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Andrea Splendiani (RRes-Roth)
> > [mailto:andrea.splendiani@rothamsted.ac.uk]
> > Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 2:47 PM
> > To: Deepak Nadig
> >
> >
> > Cc: <semantic-web@w3.org>
> > Subject: Re: Turtle/UML
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > Turtle is a "low level" language. From a generic you are unlikely to
> derive
> > meaningful UML.
> >
> > You could imagine than a fragment of Turtle will contain a few rdf:type
> or
> > x:subClassOf expressions and hence try to model these as UML
> > classes/subclasses. And you could use property assertions to derive
> > properties in UML.
> >
> > In this case what you would be doing would be to derive UML from
> rdf/owl/x
> > properties (which can be expressed in turtle, as in other syntaxes).
> >
> > While this seems a straightforward thing to do, it may turn out to be
> > painful if you are not clear about your application case. There are no
> > schemas or models in RDF/Turtle, and when you see classes and properties,
> > they are not the same thing you think of in UML.
> >
> > Modeling in UML and serializing in RDF/Turtle is more doable.
> >
> >
> >
> > my 2 cents,
> >
> >
> >
> > best,
> >
> > Andrea
> >
> >
> >
> > Il giorno 16/dic/2011, alle ore 17.26, Deepak Nadig ha scritto:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Are there any tools that can generate UML class/object diagrams from
> Turtle?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Deepak
> >
> >
>
>
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