Patent ID: 7424701

Claim:
A method for emulating frame-based knowledge representation in Unified Modeling Language (UML), the method comprising: grounding a Meta-Object Facility (MOF) meta-model and a UML profile in a foundation ontology, wherein the foundation ontology defines concepts, relations, individuals, and methods that ground the MOF meta-model and the UML profile, wherein the MOF meta-model is used to represent an abstract syntax of a particular knowledge representation paradigm or ontology language to facilitate model interchange purposes, and wherein the UML profile is used to extend a UML language itself to enable UML tool users to use familiar notation for ontology modeling purposes; and mapping elements of the frame-based knowledge representation to elements of UML based on the MOF meta-model and the UML profile, wherein the frame-based knowledge representation describes knowledge using conceptual definitions and logic sufficient to support automated reasoning.