Patterns can be used in many ways, one of these is as an assessment tool considering the extent of existing Frameworks. This chapter will discuss the practice of model assessment by applying a simple set of metrics to different aspects of a Framework. This chapter will provide two example assessments before describing the application of the Epoch Pattern which has been used to carry them out. The examples are not defined using the FAF as this is likely to make the assessment too easy to deliver and will not show the benefit of applying assessments to any model. The examples will take an existing ontology from a partially defined Framework and a set of Viewpoints from another partial Framework. In each assessment a number of Patterns from Part 2 will be selected and compared with the example model, the results of this comparative assessment and discussion of the meaning and effect will follow.

Chapter Contents:

• 20.1 Introduction
• 20.2 Assessing Framework ontologies
• 20.2.1 Ontology assessment summary
• 20.3 Assessing Framework Viewpoints
• 20.3.1 Viewpoint assessment summary
• 20.4 The Epoch Pattern for model assessment
• Further reading

Inspec keywords: ontologies (artificial intelligence)

Other keywords: ontology; FAF; model assessment; epoch pattern

Subjects: Knowledge engineering techniques