Object-oriented software modeling with ontologies around: A Survey of Existing Approaches (SESE)

Abstract

Despite the many integration tools proposed for mapping between OWL ontologies and the object-oriented paradigm, developers are still reluctant to incorporate ontologies into their code repositories. In this paper we survey existing approaches for OWL to OOP mapping trying to identify reasons for this shy adoption of ontologies among conventional software developers. We present a classification of the surveyed approaches and tools based on the characteristics of their resulting artifacts. We finally provide our own reflection for other potential reasons beyond those addressed in the literature.