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Conceptual Modeling in Wikis: a Reference Architecture and a Tool

Authors:
Chiara Ghidini
Marco Rospocher
Luciano Serafini

Keywords: Conceptual Modeling, Collaborative Modeling, Semantic Wikis, Ontology Modeling, Process Modeling

Abstract:
The success of wikis for collaborative knowledge construction is triggering the development of a number of tools for collaborative conceptual modeling based on them. In this paper we present a reference architecture for wiki-based collaborative conceptual modeling tools. The characteristics of our reference architecture are: (i) the use of wiki pages to describe semantic terms and organisational mechanisms of a conceptual modeling language; (ii) the organization of wiki pages in an unstructured part and a structured part; and (iii) a multi-mode access to the pages. We also describe MoKi, a conceptual modeling wiki for ontologies and business processes fully compliant with the presented reference architecture.

Pages: 128 to 135

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: January 30, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4375

ISBN: 978-1-61208-181-6

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from January 30, 2012 to February 4, 2012