Pablo Becker

Luis Olsina, María Fernanda Papa, Pablo Becker

This preprint specifies and defines all the Terms, Properties, and Relationships of NFRsTDO (Non-Functional Requirements Top-Domain Ontology). NFRsTDO v1.2, whose UML conceptualization is shown in Figure 1 is a slightly updated version of its predecessor, namely NFRsTDO v1.1. NFRsTDO is an ontology mainly devoted to quality (non-functional) requirements and quality/cost views, which is placed at the top-domain level in the context of a multilayer ontological architecture called FCD-OntoArch (Foundational, Core, Domain, and instance Ontological Architecture for sciences). Figure 2 depicts its five tiers, which entail Foundational, Core, Top-Domain, Low-Domain, and Instance. Each level is populated with ontological components or, in other words, ontologies. Ontologies at the same level can be related to each other, except at the foundational level, where only ThingFO (Thing Foundational Ontology) is found. In addition, ontologies' terms and relationships at lower levels can be semantically enriched by ontologies' terms and relationships from the higher levels. NFRsTDO's terms and relationships are mainly extended/reused from ThingFO, SituationCO (Situation Core Ontology), ProcessCO (Process Core Ontology), and FRsTDO (Functional Requirements Top-Domain Ontology). Stereotypes are the used mechanism for enriching NFRsTDO terms. Note that annotations of updates from the previous version (NFRsTDO v1.1) to the current one (v1.2) can be found in Appendix A.

Luis Olsina, Maria Fernanda Papa, Guido Tebes et al.

This preprint specifies quality requirements for a core ontology whose ontological elements such as terms, non-taxonomic relationships, among others, are based on a foundational ontology. The quality requirements are represented in a quality model that is structured in the form of a requirements tree composed of characteristics and attributes to be measured and evaluated. An attribute represents an atomic aspect of an entity, that is, an elementary non-functional requirement that can be measured by a direct or indirect metric and evaluated by an elementary indicator. In contrast, characteristics that model less atomic aspects of an entity cannot be measured by metrics, but rather are evaluated by derived indicators generally modeled by an aggregation function. Therefore, this preprint shows the design of direct and indirect metrics in addition to the design of elementary indicators, which are used to implement measurement and evaluation activities to obtain the results of a quality requirements tree. In particular, this document shows the applicability of the designed metrics and indicators that are used by a evaluation and comparison strategy. Two process core ontologies were preselected, evaluated and compared in order to adopt strengths in the target entity named ProcessCO. The data and information resulting from this study are also recorded, as well as the outcomes of the revaluation after improvement of the target entity.

Pablo Becker, Luis Olsina

The present preprint specifies and defines all Terms, Properties, Relationships and Axioms of ProcessCO (Process Core Ontology). ProcessCO is an ontology devoted mainly for Work Entities and related terms, which is placed at the core level in the context of a multilayer ontological architecture called FCD-OntoArch (Foundational, Core, and Domain Ontological Architecture for Sciences). This is a five-layered ontological architecture, which considers Foundational, Core, Domain and Instance levels, where the domain level is split down in two sub-levels, namely: Top-domain and Low-domain. Ontologies at the same level can be related to each other, except for the foundational level where only ThingFO (Thing Foundational Ontology) is found. In addition, ontologies' terms and relationships at lower levels can be semantically enriched by ontologies' terms and relationships from the higher levels. Note that both ThingFO and ontologies at the core level such as ProcessCO, SituationCO, among others, are domain independent with respect to their terms. Stereotypes are the mechanism used for enriching ProcessCO terms mainly from the ThingFO ontology. Note that in the end of this document, we address the ProcessCO vs. ThingFO non-taxonomic relationship verification matrix. Additionally, note that annotations of updates from the previous version (ProcessCO v1.2) to the current one (v1.3) can be found in Appendix A. For instance, 6 axioms were added.

Luis Olsina, Guido Tebes, Pablo Becker

The current preprint is an update to SituationCO v1.1 (Situation Core Ontology), which represents its new version 1.2. It specifies and defines all the terms, properties, relationships and axioms of SituationCO v1.2, being an ontology for particular and generic Situations placed at the core level in the context of a four-layered ontological architecture called FCD-OntoArch (Foundational, Core, and Domain Ontological Architecture for Sciences). This is a four-layered ontological architecture, which considers Foundational, Core, Domain and Instance levels. In turn, the domain level is split down in two sub-levels, namely: Top-domain and Low-domain ontological levels. So in fact, we can consider it to be a five-tier architecture. Ontologies at the same level can be related to each other, except for the foundational level where only ThingFO (Thing Foundational Ontology) is found. In addition, ontologies' terms and relationships at lower levels can be semantically enriched by ontologies' terms and relationships from the higher levels. Note that both ThingFO and ontologies at the core level such as SituationCO, ProcessCO, among others, are domain independent. SituationCO's terms and relationships are specialized primarily from ThingFO. It also completely reuses terms primarily from ProcessCO, ProjectCO and GoalCO ontologies. Stereotypes are the used mechanism for enriching SituationCO terms. Note that in the end of this document, we address the SituationCO vs. ThingFO non-taxonomic relationship verification matrix.

Guido Tebes, Denis Peppino, Pablo Becker et al.

The present preprint specifies and defines all Terms, Properties, Relationships and Axioms of TestTDO (software Testing Top-Domain Ontology) v1.3, which is a slightly updated version of its predecessor, TestTDO v1.2. TestTDO is a top-domain ontology built in the context of a four-layered ontological architecture named FCD-OntoArch (Foundational, Core, and Domain Ontological Architecture for Sciences). This is a four-layered ontological architecture, which considers Foundational, Core, Domain and Instance levels. In turn, the domain level is split down in two sub-levels, namely: Top-domain and Low-domain ontological levels. Ontologies at the same level can be related to each other, except for the foundational level where only the ThingFO ontology is found. In addition, ontologies' terms and relationships at lower levels can be semantically enriched by ontologies' terms properties and relationships from the higher levels. Some TestTDO's terms and are extended primarily from SituationCO (Situation Core Ontology), and ProcessCO (Process Core Ontology) concepts. Stereotypes are the mechanism used for enriching TestTDO terms. Note that annotations of updates from the previous version (v1.2) to the current one (v1.3) can be found in Appendix A.