Requirements and software engineering for tree-based visualisation and modelling: A user driven approach

Hale, Peter; Solomonides, Tony; Beeson, Ian

Abstract

This paper is about potential to provide an interactive visual ontology/taxonomy based modelling system. The research is part of efforts to structure, manage, and enable understanding of complex engineering, business and/or scientific information to enable those involved to collaborate using a systems approach. The aim and objectives are to provide a taxonomy management system to close the link between requirements gathering and end-user modellers. The research is into modelling of product data structures. This research could be adapted to business process modelling, and biology taxonomy visualisation/representation. The modelling system was developed to assist decision support for problems such as wing and engine design. The methodology involves modelling using tree structured ontology based modelling. It is argued that visualising this structure enables improved Maintenance, Extensibility, Ease of Use, and Sharing of Information, and so enables better and more accessible modelling. This is achieved by uniting the software taxonomy structure with the structure of the domain to be modelled and visualised, and using Semantic Web technologies to link this with ontologies and to end-users for visualisation. This research assists with management of development, use, and re-use of software in order to make this an integrated process. The research brings together related fields of Semantic Web, End-User Programming, and Modelling, to assist domain expert end users.

Citation

Hale, P., Solomonides, T., & Beeson, I. (2011, June). Requirements and software engineering for tree-based visualisation and modelling: A user driven approach. Paper presented at Postgraduate Conference for Computing: Applications and Theory (PCCAT 2011), Exeter University, Exeter, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Postgraduate Conference for Computing: Applications and Theory (PCCAT 2011)
• Conference Location: Exeter University, Exeter, UK
• Start Date: Jun 8, 2011
• End Date: Jun 8, 2011
• Publication Date: Jun 8, 2011
• Deposit Date: Jun 21, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 10, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: user driven modelling, user driven programming, modelling, visualisation, taxonomies, semantic web, ontologies, interoperability, end user programming
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/961649
• Publisher URL: http://www.pccat.ex.ac.uk/index.php?pid=1