The Notion of Role in Conceptual Modeling

Chantal Reynaud (1) , Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles (2, 3) , Pierre Tchounikine (4, 5) , Francky Trichet (4)

1 LRI - Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique
2 IRIT-MELODI - MEthodes et ingénierie des Langues, des Ontologies et du DIscours
3 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
4 LIUM - Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'Université du Mans
5 MeTAH - Modèles et Technologies pour l’Apprentissage Humain

In this article we analyse the notion of knowledge role. First of all, we present how the relationship between problem solving methods and domain models is tackled in different approaches. We concentrate on how they cope with this issue in the knowledge engineering process. Secondly, we introduce several properties which can be used to analyse, characterise and define the notion of role. We evaluate and compare the works exposed previously following these dimensions. This analysis suggests some developments to better exploit the relationship between reasoning and domain knowledge. We present them in a last section.

Mots clés: Knowledge Modeling; Knowledge Roles; Objects of Reasoning; Problem Solving Methods

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Intelligence artificielle [cs.AI]

Chantal Reynaud, Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles, Pierre Tchounikine, Francky Trichet. The Notion of Role in Conceptual Modeling. 10th European Workshop on Knowledge Acquisition, Modeling and Management (EKAW 1997), Oct 1997, San Feliu de Guixols, Spain. pp.221-236, ⟨10.1007/BFb0026788⟩. ⟨hal-01437210⟩