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MTSR 2013: Metadata and Semantics Research pp 22–34Cite as

Metadata, Domain Specific Languages and Visualisations as Internal Artifacts Driving an Agile Knowledge Engineering Methodology

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We introduce M(krDSL), an agile Knowledge Engineering methodology. It addresses the Knowledge Acquisition bottleneck. The point of differentiation of M(krDSL) from previous practice involves knowledge engineers and domain experts collaborating extremely closely: “The domain expert constructs the model. The model is independently useful as a communication tool.” We introduce two additional layers of abstraction between human domain experts and operational software: a shared Knowledge Model of the domain, and Visualisation mockups/prototypes. Tools of the methodology include: DSLs and graphical representations; Qualitative analysis of the DSLs; Semantic Metadata for Test Driven Design; and analysis of concurrently evolving Visualisation output mockups/prototypes. In our experience, following this methodology helped us escape from situations where we had completely ceased to be able to make any modelling progress at all, while even at times when we were able to make easy progress in our KE tasks, M(krDSL) gave us a high degree of confidence in the correct prioritisation and correct results of our work.

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    Angelos Yannopoulos, Yannis Christodoulou, Effie Bountris, Katia Savrami & Maria Douza

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Yannopoulos, A., Christodoulou, Y., Bountris, E., Savrami, K., Douza, M. (2013). Metadata, Domain Specific Languages and Visualisations as Internal Artifacts Driving an Agile Knowledge Engineering Methodology. In: Garoufallou, E., Greenberg, J. (eds) Metadata and Semantics Research. MTSR 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 390. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03437-9_4

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