An algorithm for the automatic transformation of ontology axioms into a rule model

Abstract

Quite a number of authors are analysing transformation of ontology into conceptual data model and its usefulness in information systems development, since the semantic content expressed by ontology can be transformed into information systems artefacts, thereby reducing the costs of conceptual modelling. Conceptual data model and ontology have some common aspects, i.e., both include concepts, relationships between them and rules (in ontology – axioms). However, in the ontology-based conceptual modelling a rule model, which is an important and integral part of each conceptual data model, is often neglected. In this paper the authors proposes the algorithm for the automatic transformation of ontology axioms into a rule model.