Convention-based Ontology Generation System
(Windows) (Linux)
The Convention-based Ontology Generation System (COGS) gives you a powerful, patterns-based way to build ontologies that enables a clean separation of concerns and gives you full control over markup for enjoyable, agile development. COGS includes many features that enable fast, Test Driven Development for publishing sophisticated models in a variety of formats.
COGS is for domain experts and groups who value ease of collaboration and low technical barriers for participation.
Output Formats
Publishable formats include:
- XML Schema
- OWL 2 (RDF Schema)
- OMG's UML Normative XMI 2.4.2
- OMG's UML XMI 2.5 with Diagrams and Diagram Exchange
- Sphinx HTML documentation and visualizations
- JSON Schema
- C# class library with JSON and XML serialization
- SVG and dot visualizations
- GraphQL schema language
Upcoming formats include:
- Class libraries for other languages
Platform
COGS runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS on the .NET Core 2.0 platform.
Documentation
Quick starts, Modelers Guide, and technical documentation is available.
Outputs Diagram
Legal and Licensing
COGS is licensed under the MIT license.
