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Scenario C. The user or service wants to represent
his/her ontology using domain-specific visual
language. Then service aligns ontology, which must
be represented, with ontology-based diagrams’
specifications and then selects the appropriate
diagrams for the ontology based on the alignment.
5 DISCUSSION AND
CONCLUSIONS
The main research results of our paper are:
Specifications for the “7W” knowledge types;
Diagrams systematization, which is grounded on
ontological specifications. Obviously, this
classification is only the attempt as the list of
diagrams for knowledge types is incomplete.
5-step process which makes it possible to extend
knowledge types’ specification and to classify new
diagrams based on the content perspective.
Creation of the extended catalogue/repository for
diagrams should be a collaborative effort based on
the proposed 5-step process.
The main result of our papers for final user
(manager) is the mapping between knowledge types
and popular business diagram types. Such the
mapping together with the suggested informal
descriptions of knowledge types can support
managers, while working with visual models.
The ODP-based approach can be considered as
the first step towards pure ontologically founded
usage of diagrams among managers. The ultimate
goal is the design of a consistent organizational
ontology or ontology network behind a collection of
diagrams. This will allow organizations to have
comprehensive ontology-based knowledge
repository with domain-specific visual views.
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