Author(s) : Dragan Gasevic, Dragan Djuric, Vladan Devedzic Publisher : Springer Date       : 2009 Pages     : 378 Format    : PDF ISBN-10  : 3642002811

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 with self-evident physical artefacts. However, this development step is hardly ever done, as ontologies rely on well-defined and semantically powerful AI concepts such as description logics or rule-based systems, and most software engineers are largely unfamiliar with these.

Gasevic and his co-authors try to fill this gap by covering the subject of MDA application for ontology development on the Semantic Web. Part I of their book describes existing technologies, tools, and standards like XML, RDF, OWL, MDA, and UML. Part II presents the first detailed description of OMG’s new ODM (Ontology Definition Metamodel) initiative, a specification which is expected to be in the form of an OMG language like UML. Finally, Part III is dedicated to applications and practical aspects of developing ontologies using MDA-based languages. The book is supported by a website showing many ontologies, UML and other MDA-based models, and the transformations between them.

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Author(s) : Frederik Nebeker Publisher : Wiley-IEEE Press Date       : 2009 Pages     : 536 Format    : PDF ISBN-10  : 0470260653

Electrical power is supplied to virtually every home and workplace in our industrialized world. Providing a much-needed comprehensive overview of electrical and electronics history, Dawn of the Electric Age takes an international perspective within a chronological framework. The book explains how our engineering knowledge and its main applications developed in their scientific, economic, and social contexts, and describes how these contexts were profoundly affected by electrical technologies. Though a scholarly study, the book is written in an entertaining style for the general public as well as engineering professionals.

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