Enterprise Knowledge Base (EKB)

The Enterprise Knowledge Base (EKB) from ModelDriven.org is a repository for enterprise knowledge: metadata, planning and governance. The EKB can manage and transform both structured and unstructured data as files, Eclipse-EMF or RDF ontologies.

This is a preliminary project web page pending support on ModelDriven.org

The Summary Documents

EKBIntro - High level presentation on EKB
Goals and approach - architetural approach to the EKB
Configuration Management White paper - white paper on configuration management with the EKB
Data_architecture_white_paper - An ekb based approach to data architecture
OsEraMetadata - Pre-project white paper on the EKB concept.
Ontology Management RFI Response - Response to an OMG RFI

Demo EKB

An instance of the EKB is running for demonstration purposes as follows:

Data Integration using the OMB Data Reference Model, sample models include:

Dynamic configuration management user interface- this interface provide features for:

Finding assets by foler or categories
Categorizing, naming and tracking ownership of assets
Showing the history of assets
Retrieving structured assets (models and ontologies) in multiple forms, using transformation

SVN Access to the EKB - can be viewed with any SVN client, such as Tortoise. Changes made to SVN are immediatly reflected back into the knowledge base.

Location: http://svn.ekb.modeldriven.org/repos
User ekb
Password: reader

EKB main page

Technical Documents

Management of change and providance in an RDF repository - design for how information assets are managed in the EKB
MapInstance - A technical example of mapping into and out of the EKB
XML View Documentation (REST Interface to the EKB)

xForms Documentation (Using xForms with XML View as an EKB UI)

Web Links

Ontology of Architecture Documentation - Documentation on the ontology for integrating architectures
Sourceforge project (in progress of being created)
UML design models