TEMPORAL SCOPE TRANSLATION OF META-MODELS USING SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGIES

• US 20110153610A1
• Filed: 02/01/2011
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hopkins, Richard A., Jones, Brad N., Ellis, Raymond W., van Ham, Franciscus J., Young-Garner, Anthony J., Scott, Ian J., Carrato, Anthony L., Kelley, Edward E., Coldicott, Peter A., Lane, Eoin
• Granted Patent: US 9,111,004 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation

Abstract

Implementation of a meta-model service of a service oriented architecture industry model repository into a web ontology language representation of at least one topic map meta-model into a plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models representing states of the at least one topic map meta-model at different times. The implementation includes assigning topics, occurrences, and attributes from the meta-model service to the at least one topic map meta-model. The topics, occurrences, and attributes are assigned from the at least one topic map meta-model to plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models. The topics, occurrences, and attributes from the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models are converted into resource description framework triples; and the resource description framework triples are persisted into the resource description framework repository.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a service oriented architecture industry model repository comprising a meta-model service associated with a physical asset repository, the meta-model service comprising:

at least one topic map meta-model with data specific to a particular topic or industry vertical included within an information model repository common meta-meta-model, the information model repository common meta-meta-model included within a meta-meta-meta-model with a topic map based index, the method comprising the steps of;

a computer assigning topics, occurrences, and attributes from the meta-model service to the at least one topic map meta-model;

the computer assigning the topics, occurrences and attributes from the at least one topic map meta-model to a plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models, wherein a first temporal scope topic map meta-model represents a state of the at least one topic map meta-model at a first time, and wherein a second temporal scope topic map meta-model of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models represents a state of the at least one topic map meta-model at a second time;

the computer converting the topics, occurrences, and attributes from the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models into resource description framework triples; and

the computer persisting the resource description framework triples into a resource description framework repository.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of the computer converting the topics, occurrences, and attributes from the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models into the resource description framework triples comprises:

creating uniform resource identifiers for the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models;

creating topic resource description framework triples of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models;

adding the topic resource description framework triples for the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models to the resource description framework repository;

creating topic occurrence resource description framework triples for occurrences of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models; and

creating topic attribute resource description framework triples for attributes of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of the computer converting the topics, occurrences, and attributes from the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models into the resource description framework triples further comprises getting a handle to the resource description framework repository;

and obtaining a connection to the resource description framework repository.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of creating topic occurrence resource description framework triples for occurrences of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models further comprises:

reading occurrences of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models;

creating a topic occurrence resource description framework triples;

adding the topic occurrence resource description framework triples to the resource description framework repository; and

checking for other occurrences of the topics in the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of creating topic attribute resource description framework triples for attributes of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models further comprises:

reading attributes of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models;

creating a topic attribute resource description framework triple;

adding the topic attribute resource description framework triple to the resource description framework repository; and

checking for other attributes of the topics in the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to the steps of claim 1, accepting an input indicating that the meta-model service has temporal dependent relationships, accepting an input identifying the temporal dependent relationships within the meta-model service and removing the temporal dependent relationships from the meta-model service.

7. A computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices and computer-readable program instructions which are stored on the one or more storage devices and when executed by one or more processors, perform the method of claim 1.

8. A computer system comprising one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices and program instructions which are stored on the one or more storage devices for execution by the one or more processors via the one or more memories and when executed by the one or more processors perform the method of claim 1.

9. A computer program product for implementing a meta-model service of a service oriented architecture industry model repository into a web ontology language representation of at least one topic map meta-model specific to temporal scope, the computer product comprising:

one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to assign topics, occurrences, and attributes from the meta-model service to the at least one topic map meta-model;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to assign topics, occurrences, and attributes from the at least one topic map meta-model to a plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models, wherein a first temporal scope topic map meta-model of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models represents a state of the at least one topic map meta-model at a first time and wherein a second temporal scope topic map meta-model of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models represents a state of the at least one topic map meta-model at a second time;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to convert the topics, occurrences, and attributes from the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models into resource description framework triples; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to persist the resource description framework triples into a resource description framework repository.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the program instructions, to convert the topics, occurrences, and attributes from the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models into resource description framework triples:

create uniform resource identifiers for the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models;

create topic resource description framework triples for the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models;

add the topic resource description framework triples for the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models to the resource description framework repository;

create topic occurrence resource description framework triples for occurrences of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models; and

create topic attribute resource description framework triples for attributes of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the program instructions to convert the topics, occurrences, and attributes from the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models into resource description framework triples get a handle to the resource description framework repository and obtain a connection to the resource description framework repository.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the program instructions, to create topic occurrence resource description framework triples for occurrences of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models:

read occurrences of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models;

create a topic occurrence resource description framework triple;

add the topic occurrence resource description framework triple to the resource description framework repository; and

check for other occurrences of the topics in the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the program instructions, to create topic attribute resource description framework triples for attributes of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models:

read attributes of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models;

create a topic attribute resource description framework triple;

add the topic attribute resource description framework triple to the resource description framework repository; and

check for other attributes of the topics in the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising:

program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to accept an input indicating that the meta-model service has temporal dependent relationships;

program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to accept an input identifying the temporal dependent relationships within the meta-model service; and

program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to remove the temporal dependent relationships from the meta-model service.

15. A computer system for implementing a meta-model service of a service oriented architecture industry model repository into a web ontology language representation of at least one topic map meta-model specific to temporal scope, the computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to assign topics, occurrences, and attributes from the meta-model service to the at least one topic map meta-model;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to assign topics, occurrences, and attributes from the at least one topic map meta-model to a plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models, wherein a first temporal scope topic map meta-model of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models represents a state of the at least one topic map meta-model at a first time and wherein a second temporal scope topic map meta-model of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models represents a state of the at least one topic map meta-model at a second time;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to convert the topics, occurrences, and attributes from the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models into resource description framework triples; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to persist the resource description framework triples into a resource description framework repository.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions, to convert the topics, occurrences, and attributes from the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models into resource description framework triples:

create uniform resource identifiers for the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models;

create topic resource description framework triples for the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models;

add the topic resource description framework triples for the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models to the resource description framework repository;

create topic occurrence resource description framework triples for occurrences of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models; and

create topic attribute resource description framework triples for attributes of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the program instructions, to convert the topics, occurrences, and attributes from the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models into resource description framework triples get a handle to the resource description framework repository and obtain a connection to the resource description framework repository.

18. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the program instructions, to create topic occurrence resource description framework triples for occurrences of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models:

read occurrences of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models;

create a topic occurrence resource description framework triple;

add the topic occurrence resource description framework triple to the resource description framework repository; and

check for other occurrences of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models.

19. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the program instructions to create topic attribute resource description framework triples for attributes of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models:

read attributes of the topics of the plurality of temporal scope topic map meta-models;

create a topic attribute resource description framework triple; and

add the topic attribute resource description framework triple to the resource description framework repository.

20. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to accept an input indicating that the meta-model service has temporal dependent relationships;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to accept an input identifying the temporal dependent relationships within the meta-model service; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to remove the temporal dependent relationships from the meta-model service.