• What software do I need?

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?
  1. Start cmd.exe
  2. Make sure you have set Java Classpath correctly
  3. 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