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Criterion
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
Paper illustration of Shape-first Modeling with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Shape-First Modeling
Paper illustration of NeOn Methodology with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
NeOn Methodology
Purposedifferent
Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures.When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.Shape-First Modeling defines data quality through shapes before implementation or integration frays at the edges. The approach fits when validation and data contracts should be part of the design from the start.The NeOn Methodology structures ontology work as a controlled process with reuse, scenarios, and reviews. It is useful when ontologies should not emerge ad hoc but modularly and reusably.
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Timedifferent
2-4 h30-60 minHalber Tag pro Domain SliceMehrere Wochen bis Monate
Participantsdifferent
2-83-71-42-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage MatrixExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsSHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationOntology Requirements Specification, Reuse Plan, Ontology Modules, Evaluation Report
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OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
OntologyMethodologyReuseSemanticEngineering
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