You need Poseidon for UML editor (available
here
) or any other UML editor, which is able
to create UML class diagrams and to export them into XMI 1.2.
Additonally you need an XSLT Processor (I prefer XALAN Java 2 Processor, available
here
), which transforms the
XMI document into an OWL document.
- How does the transformation work?
Please have a look on the
download
site. There you'll find rules about how the transformation works.
- How do I export my Poseidon UML class diagramm into an XMI 1.2 document?
Just use the export function of the program. For further information take a look at the
help page of Poseidon for UML.
- How do I transform my XMI document into an OWL document?
- Start cmd.exe
- Make sure you have set Java Classpath correctly
- Type in:
java org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process -in xmlSource
-xsl OWLfromUML.xsl -out outputfile
where as xmlSource = XMI 1.2 document
and outputfile = specified OWL DL document, which will be generated by the processor
Please feel free to contact me for help, errors and suggestions.
sebastian ::at:: ooyoo ::dot:: de