[en] In this paper we present a new vision of objects in ontologies where
the objects’ attributes and operations depend on who is interacting with them.
This vision is based on a new definition of the notion of role, which is inspired by
the concept of affordance as developed in cognitive science. The current vision
of objects considers attributes and operations as being objective and independent
from the interaction. In contrast, in our model interaction with an object always
passes through a role played by another object manipulating it. The advantage
is that roles allow to define operations whose behavior changes depending on
the role and the requirements it imposes, and to define session aware interaction,
where the role maintains the state of the interaction with an object. Finally, we
provide a description of the model in UML and we discuss how roles as affor-
dances have been introduced in Java
Disciplines :
Computer science
Identifiers :
UNILU:UL-CONFERENCE-2010-311
Author, co-author :
BALDONI, Matteo ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC)
BOELLA, Guido ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC)
VAN DER TORRE, Leon ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Modelling the Interaction Between Objects: Roles as Affordances
Publication date :
2006
Event name :
Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, First International Conference, KSEM 2006
Event date :
2006
Main work title :
Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, First International Conference, KSEM 2006
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