Semantic Modeling Methodology
This manual provides an extensive description of the process to develop a Domain Dictionary and Taxonomy. It discusses the concepts and provides guidance to achieve a high quality taxonomy and high quality definitions.
Author: Andries van Renssen
Dr Ir Andries van Renssen is information scientist and engineer, formerly principal information management consultant in Shell and co-developer of various ISO standards on data modeling.
Part 2: Creation and Use of Domain Dictionaries -Taxonomies and Ontologies
Semantic Modeling Methodology
This document describes how Dictionaries and Taxonomies and Ontologies or concept libraries should be created and extended in Gellish Formal English. It also briefly describes how the defined concepts and facts can be used in Product Models, Information Models, Activity and Process Models, etc.
Part 1: Architecture
Semantic Modeling Methodology
This document describes the Architecture of the Gellish Modelling Method and the fundamentals of Facility Information Modelling, including also Building Information Modelling (BIM), Product Modelling, Knowledge Modelling and Requirements Modelling.
The other parts of the method provide more detailed guidelines on particular application area’s.
Domain 15 – Qualitative aspects and qualitative information
Formal English Language Definition
Qualitative aspects and qualitative information, including values of aspects and particular information.
Domain 14 – Roles of physical objects
Formal English Language Definition
Roles of physical objects, such as kinds of usage.
Domain 13 – Mathematics, geometry and shapes
Domain 12 – Substances, materials of construction, fluids and solids
Formal English Language Definition
Substances, including materials of construction. fluids and solids.
Domain 11 – Geography, countries, organizations, persons and biology
Formal English Language Definition
Geographics objects, countries, organizations, persons and biology.
Domain 10 – Intrinsic aspects
Formal English Language Definition
Intrinsic aspects, being properties and qualities that are by definition aspects of particular kinds of things.
Domain 9 – Aspects, properties, qualities, information and documents
Formal English Language Definition
Aspects, including properties, qualities, information and documents.
Domain 8 – Activities, processes and events
Formal English Language Definition
Occurrences, including activities, business processes, physical and chemical processes and events.
Domain 6 and 7 – Electrical, instruments, control and IT
Formal English Language Definition
Electrical technology, instrumentation, control and information technology.
Domain 4 and 5 – Mechanical, piping, connection and protection
Formal English Language Definition
General mechanical technology, static equipment, piping, connections and protection systems and devices.
Domain 3 – Buildings, Civil and Furniture
Formal English Language Definition
Buildings, civil and infrastructural technology and furniture kinds of physical objects.
Domain 2 – Units of Measures and Currencies
Formal English Language Definition This computer interpretable Domain Dictionary-Taxonomy includes the Domain Measurement Scales, Units of Measure (UoM) and Currencies. It includes all metric SI units, imperial units as well as many other units. It also includes relations that indicate which unit (scale) can be used for which kind of property. It consists of two files one using the ASCII character set and another one adds special symbols in the Unicode character set. This domain contains concepts from various standards, . . .
