2021x LTR Version News

New capabilities

• OWL export for concept models can now be automated using MagicDraw macros or the command line.
• A concept model can now be exported to description logic (DL) notation in HTML or LaTeX.

New concept model library for well known ontologies

• CCM now includes a ready-to-use library of concept models corresponding to the following ontologies:
  • Dublin core metadata initiative (DCMI) properties and classes from the terms and elements 1.1 namespaces
  • The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommended Resource Description Framework (RDF), RDF Schema (RDFS), and Web Ontology Language 2 (OWL 2) reference ontologies
  • Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) 2020 (ISO/IEC 21838-2)
  • The Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology (OBO) Foundry recommended Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) 2 upper level ontology
  • The Common Core Ontologies (CCO) 1.2
• The DCMI and W3C ontologies are now available in every new project by default.
• The BFO 2, the CCO and the BFO 2020 ontologies can be added to any CCM project as needed.
• When importing a user ontology, the CCM will now detect and add any references to the model elements from the standard library.
• Templates are now available for creating a project based on BFO, CCO, or DOLCE

New samples

• A 'Fair Trade Coffee' concept model provides a rudimentary definition of a fair trade coffee plantation.
• A 'Jurisdiction' concept model provides a jurisdiction-dependent definition of a child worker for the 'Fair Trade Coffee' model.

Usability improvements

• Freeze IRIs or Unfreeze IRIs context menu items now appear instantaneously, even for large models.
• Freeze IRIs and Unfreeze IRIs operations now display a progress bar.
• The Concept Modeling Diagrams section now appears at the beginning in the Create Diagrams context menu for «Concept Model» or «Model» packages.
• The containment tree now offers a context menu item that loads the profiles needed to make a Concept Modeling project.
• Upon creating a Concept Model using the "Create Concept Model" context menu item, the generated name is selected for editing.
• The «Annotation Property» stereotype is now visible when it is applied to a property.
• An «Equivalent Class» generalization is now drawn as an oblique line.
• Dragging a named property onto another property now displays a clearer tooltip of the available menu items.
• Importing and exporting individuals has now graduated to be a non-experimental feature.
• Selecting the top node in the property selection step of the information model transformation wizard now selects all its children recursively.

OWL import improvements

• An OWL objectOneOf restriction is now interpreted as an unnamed «Individual List» Class.
• A clearer error message is now shown if an owl:imports statement cannot be resolved.

OWL export improvements

• A «Same As» stereotyped dependency is now exported as an OWL SameIndividual axiom.
• A «Different From» stereotyped dependency is now exported as a pairwise OWL DifferentIndividuals axiom.

OWL export improvements

• Exporting an unnamed Association Class now emits a warning that the class will be ignored.

Model understandability improvements

• «Restriction» and «External Reference» stereotypes no longer clutter diagrams when initially applied to an element.

Natural Language Glossary improvements

• The project option for "Include property definitions in the Natural Language Glossary" is now set to true for new projects.
• The "Model-Generated Definition" subsection now includes definitions for unions, intersections, individual lists, domains, ranges, and «Self» restrictions.
• The "Model-Generated Definition" subsection now has updated definitions for complements, disjoints, equivalent classes, and restrictions.
• Each role entry definition now shows applicable domain, range, inverse, subproperty, subproperty chain, equivalent properties, and property characteristics.

Bug fixes

• Exporting an association with a datatype on one end no longer fails with an exception.
• Empty intersections or unions are no longer exported.
• An unnamed «Anything» class now shows the correct generated class description.
• An import summary message is no longer intermixed with other import notifications.
• Opening a project no longer results in a NullPointerException due to a missing 'Preferred annotation property' project option.
• Stepping back to the beginning of the information model transformation wizard now shows the selected information model package.
• Adding a new subproperty now updates the Subproperty Tree.
• A subclass is no longer exported as part of a union when a complete generalization set exists and its generalization is not part of the set.
• The Concept Modeling Support Library is now added to the project when creating a concept modeling diagram in a non-CCM project.
• The Create Concept Model context menu item no longer shows under a read-only package, a «Concept Model» package, or a «Model» package.
• Importing a named subproperty with a range of owl:Thing resulting in a min 0 cardinality no longer emits a warning that the cardinality is meaningless.
• Individuals from indirectly imported ontologies are no longer ignored.
• Round tripping a redundant qualified cardinality restriction through CCM is no longer optimized away.
• Adding the UPCM library during migration of a project on TWC no longer fails.
• An annotation on a foreign element no longer automatically moves into the same package as the annotated element.
• Importing a full disjoint mesh over a class's subclasses now results in a Generalization Set marked {incomplete,disjoint}.
• Automatically generated association end property names are no longer duplicated within an owning element.
• Converting from the «Superclass Intersection» notation no longer applies the «Necessary & Sufficient» stereotype to an «Equivalent Class» generalization.
• Importing from OWL a datatype property that has an anonymous list of literals as its range no longer re-exports as a named list of literals to OWL.
• Generated descriptions of anonymous classes in the containment tree are now correctly updated when the model changes.
• Invalid keyboard shortcuts no longer clutter 'Create Concept Model' and 'Export Model to OWL' context menu items.

- New capabilities:
- OWL export for concept models can now be automated using MagicDraw macros or the command line.
- A concept model can now be exported to description logic (DL) notation in HTML or LaTeX.

- New concept model library for well known ontologies:
- CCM now includes a ready-to-use library of concept models corresponding to the following ontologies:
1. Dublin core metadata initiative (DCMI) properties and classes from the terms and elements 1.1 namespaces
2. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommended Resource Description Framework (RDF), RDF Schema (RDFS), and Web Ontology Language 2 (OWL 2) reference ontologies
3. Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) 2020 (ISO/IEC 21838-2)
4. The Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology (OBO) Foundry recommended Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) 2 upper level ontology
5. The Common Core Ontologies (CCO) 1.2
- The DCMI and W3C ontologies are now available in every new project by default.
- The BFO 2, the CCO and the BFO 2020 ontologies can be added to any CCM project as needed.
- When importing a user ontology, the CCM will now detect and add any references to the model elements from the standard library.
- Templates are now available for creating a project based on BFO, CCO, or DOLCE

- New samples:
- A 'Fair Trade Coffee' concept model provides a rudimentary definition of a fair trade coffee plantation.
- A 'Jurisdiction' concept model provides a jurisdiction-dependent definition of a child worker for the 'Fair Trade Coffee' model.

- Usability improvements:
- Freeze IRIs or Unfreeze IRIs context menu items now appear instantaneously, even for large models.
- Freeze IRIs and Unfreeze IRIs operations now display a progress bar.
- The Concept Modeling Diagrams section now appears at the beginning in the Create Diagrams context menu for «Concept Model» or «Model» packages.
- The containment tree now offers a context menu item that loads the profiles needed to make a Concept Modeling project.
- Upon creating a Concept Model using the "Create Concept Model" context menu item, the generated name is selected for editing.
- The «Annotation Property» stereotype is now visible when it is applied to a property.
- An «Equivalent Class» generalization is now drawn as an oblique line.
- Dragging a named property onto another property now displays a clearer tooltip of the available menu items.
- Importing and exporting individuals has now graduated to be a non-experimental feature.
- Selecting the top node in the property selection step of the information model transformation wizard now selects all its children recursively.

- OWL import improvements:
- An OWL objectOneOf restriction is now interpreted as an unnamed «Individual List» Class.
- A clearer error message is now shown if an owl:imports statement cannot be resolved.

- OWL export improvements:
- A «Same As» stereotyped dependency is now exported as an OWL SameIndividual axiom.
- A «Different From» stereotyped dependency is now exported as a pairwise OWL DifferentIndividuals axiom.

- OWL export improvements:
- Exporting an unnamed Association Class now emits a warning that the class will be ignored.

- Model understandability improvements:
- «Restriction» and «External Reference» stereotypes no longer clutter diagrams when initially applied to an element.

- Natural Language Glossary improvements:
- The project option for "Include property definitions in the Natural Language Glossary" is now set to true for new projects.
- The "Model-Generated Definition" subsection now includes definitions for unions, intersections, individual lists, domains, ranges, and «Self» restrictions.
- The "Model-Generated Definition" subsection now has updated definitions for complements, disjoints, equivalent classes, and restrictions.
- Each role entry definition now shows applicable domain, range, inverse, subproperty, subproperty chain, equivalent properties, and property characteristics.

- Bug fixes:
- Exporting an association with a datatype on one end no longer fails with an exception.
- Empty intersections or unions are no longer exported.
- An unnamed «Anything» class now shows the correct generated class description.
- An import summary message is no longer intermixed with other import notifications.
- Opening a project no longer results in a NullPointerException due to a missing 'Preferred annotation property' project option.
- Stepping back to the beginning of the information model transformation wizard now shows the selected information model package.
- Adding a new subproperty now updates the Subproperty Tree.
- A subclass is no longer exported as part of a union when a complete generalization set exists and its generalization is not part of the set.
- The Concept Modeling Support Library is now added to the project when creating a concept modeling diagram in a non-CCM project.
- The Create Concept Model context menu item no longer shows under a read-only package, a «Concept Model» package, or a «Model» package.
- Importing a named subproperty with a range of owl:Thing resulting in a min 0 cardinality no longer emits a warning that the cardinality is meaningless.
- Individuals from indirectly imported ontologies are no longer ignored.
- Round tripping a redundant qualified cardinality restriction through CCM is no longer optimized away.
- Adding the UPCM library during migration of a project on TWC no longer fails.
- An annotation on a foreign element no longer automatically moves into the same package as the annotated element.
- Importing a full disjoint mesh over a class's subclasses now results in a Generalization Set marked {incomplete,disjoint}.
- Automatically generated association end property names are no longer duplicated within an owning element.
- Converting from the «Superclass Intersection» notation no longer applies the «Necessary & Sufficient» stereotype to an «Equivalent Class» generalization.
- Importing from OWL a datatype property that has an anonymous list of literals as its range no longer re-exports as a named list of literals to OWL.
- Generated descriptions of anonymous classes in the containment tree are now correctly updated when the model changes.
- Invalid keyboard shortcuts no longer clutter 'Create Concept Model' and 'Export Model to OWL' context menu items.