Patents Assigned to Sandpiper Software, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for frame-based knowledge representation in the unified modeling language (UML)
    Patent number: 7424701
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method and system for emulating a knowledge representation in a Unified Modeling Language (UML) environment. A Meta-Object Facility metamodel and UML profile are grounded in a foundation ontology. The elements representing the knowledge representation ontology are mapped to elements of UML, based on the grounded Meta-Object Facility metamodel and UML profile, thereby emulating the knowledge representation in a UML environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sandpiper Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Elisa Finnie Kendall, Mark Eric Dutra