systems engineering

Towards an Ontological Implementation of UAF, Part 6: What It Adds Up To

Towards an Ontological Implementation of UAF, Part 6: What It Adds Up To

Across this series we read the OMG’s Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) in light of its own objectives, rendering it as...

Towards an Ontological Implementation of UAF, Part 5: Keeping the Profile and the Metamodel Aligned

Towards an Ontological Implementation of UAF, Part 5: Keeping the Profile and the Metamodel Aligned

This series reads the OMG’s Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) in light of its own objectives, using an ontology, built with...

Towards an Ontological Implementation of UAF, Part 4: Keeping a Large Specification Consistent

Towards an Ontological Implementation of UAF, Part 4: Keeping a Large Specification Consistent

This series reads the OMG’s Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) in light of its own objectives, using an ontology, built with...

Towards an Ontological Implementation of UAF, Part 3: Views Without Queries

Towards an Ontological Implementation of UAF, Part 3: Views Without Queries

This series reads the OMG’s Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) in light of its own stated goals, using an ontology, built...

Towards an Ontological Implementation of UAF, Part 2: How Far Platform Independence Reaches

Towards an Ontological Implementation of UAF, Part 2: How Far Platform Independence Reaches

This series reads the OMG’s Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) in light of the objectives it sets for itself, using an...

Towards an Ontological Implementation of UAF, Part 1: UAF Was Built for This

Towards an Ontological Implementation of UAF, Part 1: UAF Was Built for This

There is a technique the systems-engineering world still underuses: rendering a specification as an ontology, not merely to implement it,...

What the Reasoner Knows That You Did Not Write Down

What the Reasoner Knows That You Did Not Write Down

Every model says more than it states. The interesting question in model-based systems engineering (MBSE) is not what you wrote...

Why OML and Not Just OWL?

Why OML and Not Just OWL?

It helps to separate two concerns that often get conflated: semantic interoperability and ontological modeling.

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