Welcome to the Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modelling course!

The following learning activities are planned in this course:

Lectures that address methods, techniques and typical problems related to Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modelling, in general, and OntoUML, in particular. These lectures are given in the form of a discussion forum, which means that you must prepare yourself by reading the material before the lecture. During some lectures you will be asked to do some simple exercises with pen and paper but also with the OntoUML tool, so you are expected to bring your laptop to the lectures. Slides will be made available in the Canvas Site after each lecture.
Practical sessions that have been designed to motivate the students to practise with the techniques discussed during the lectures.
Project to be performed by groups of two students. For the project, students will be asked to choose a modelling domain of their interest to work on. In the project, students have to submit two deliverables.
Final exam that consists of questions on the subjects discussed during the lectures and the practical sessions.

After completing this course successfully, the students are capable of:

Explaining the nature and purposes of Conceptual Modelling. Historical Review of existing classical conceptual modeling languages (e.g., UML, ER, BPMN, Archimate); the role of Foundational Ontologies in Ontology- Driven Conceptual Modeling (ODCM).
Explaining the modelling constructs and patterns of the OntoUML ODCM language.
Applying OntoUML to analyse and represent domains that have average complexity.
Evaluating and Rectifying OntoUML models by (i) applying automated verification, (ii) detecting anti-patterns, (iii) identifying unintended interpretations of OntoUML models, (iv) removing anti-patterns and unintended interpretations by specifying constraints.
Critically assessing and positioning OntoUML w.r.t. to classical conceptual modelling languages (e.g., EER, UML, ORM, OWL).