Defining a formal domain ontology is generally considered a useful, not to say necessary
step in almost every software project. This is because software deals with ideas rather than …

The emerging field of semantic web technologies promises new stimulus for Software
Engineering research. However, since the underlying concepts of the semantic web have a …

Communication is one of the main activities in software projects, many such projects fail or
encounter serious problems because the stakeholders involved have different …

In this chapter, the state of the art on the use of ontologies in software engineering and
technology (SET) is presented. The chapter is organized into four parts. In the second and …

Modeling and Analysis of Enterprise and Information Systems–From Requirements to
Realization discusses the basic principles of enterprise architecture and enterprise …

The term ontology has become popular in several fields of Informatics like Artificial
Intelligence, Agent systems, Database or Web Technology. Deviating from its original …

As models and ontologies assume an increasingly central role in enterprise systems
engineering the question of how they compare and can be used together assumes growing …

Whilst Knowledge Graphs (KGs) are increasingly used in business scenarios, the
construction of enterprise ontologies and the population of KGs from existing relational data …

The Ethereum blockchain enables executing and recording smart contracts. The smart
contracts can facilitate, verify, and implement the negotiation between multiple parties, also …

In software engineering, the use of models and metamodeling approaches (eg, MDA with
MOF/UML) for purposes such as software design or software validation is an established …