Deducing Qualitative Capabilities with Generic Ontology Design Patterns

Chapter 2. Generic Ontology Design Patterns: Roles and Change Over Time1

“…In Fig. 11 we see an instantiation: MaxSeats is a set of qualitative values denoting intervals le9Seats, gt9to17Seats, gt17Seats (see [10] for the abstraction from quantitative intervals to abstract values).…”

“…severely, moderately, slightly reduced), but makes analogous sense in robotics and AI (cf. [10]). A typical example is the significance of an ingredient in a recipe, where the graded relations could be hasIngredient Insignificant, hasIngredient Subordinate, hasIngredient Essential and hasIngredient Dominant.…”

“…Starting with [25] and [16], with the extensions in [19], most GODPs shown here have been used in other non-trivial and large examples, e.g. in [10,7], primarily in the robotics domain; some updates are presented here. These tried-out examples have demonstrated their usefulness; indeed, we relied on the successful completion of such examples supported by the inherent structuring of GODPs in the design, and the tool support of Hets during the development, providing essential static analysis and consistency checking.…”

“…We develop more patterns for qualitative value sets, grades, graded relations and their combination, etc., which, while useful in other applications (cf. [10]), allow us to model the intricate interrelation between PotentialDrivers properly licensed by a required DrivingLicence, and a RoadVehicle they want to (legally) drive. The crucial question is, how to express the requirement ensuring that a Driver only drives a particular RoadVehicle, if s/he is licencedFor it.…”