Formal Modelling of Ontologies : An Event-B based Approach Using the Rodin Platform
Résumé
This paper reports on the results of the French ANR IMPEX research project dealing with making ex- plicit domain knowledge in design models. Ontologies are formalised as theories with sets, axioms, theorems and reasoning rules. They are integrated to design models through an annotation mecha- nism. Event-B has been chosen as the ground formal modelling technique for all our developments. In this paper, we particularly describe how ontologies are formalised as Event-B theories.