Among many areas of application, we highlight the area of
configuration management. Consider the example of a telecommunication
company, where managing the multiple configurations of network devices
(routers, hubs, modems, etc.) is crucial. Enterprise systems identify
and document the functional and physical characteristics of network
devices, and control changes to those characteristics. Applying the
integration of semantic web and model-driven software development
allows for
(1) explicitly specifying configurations of network devices with
tailor-made languages,
(2) for checking the consistency of these specifications
(3) for defining a vocabulary to share device specifications across
enterprise systems. By managing configurations with consistent and
explicit concepts, we reduce cost and risk, and enhance agility in
response to new requirements in the telecommunication area.
This book examines the synergy between semantic web and model-driven
software development. It brings together advances from disciplines
like ontologies, description logics, domain-specific modeling, model
transformation and ontology engineering to take enterprise computing
to the next level.
FERNANDO SILVA PARREIRAS, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the
FUMEC University, Brazil, leading the Laboratory of Advanced
Information Systems (LIAISE). He received his PhD in computer science
from the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany, summa cum laude. He
leads the development of open source software to bridge the gap
between semantic web and model-driven software development. Prior to
joining the FUMEC University, Dr. Parreiras held positions as
researcher and project leader at the University of Koblenz-Landau and
as software developer at Unisys.
