Semantic Domain Modeling
A living ontology for your domain
Import an existing ontology, enhance it from your UML and database, and export a governed OWL/Turtle model—one canonical semantic source that also drives authorization in your generated app.
Most modeling tools stop at diagrams. EcosystemCode keeps a standards-based ontology alongside your UML: a semantic model of classes, properties, hierarchies, and roles expressed in OWL/RDF. It is a living canonical model—it evolves with your diagrams and database import, and it can be exported as Turtle for reuse, governance, and integration with enterprise semantic tooling.
Semantic governance & reuse
Import existing OWL/RDF/Turtle, enhance it from your UML model and database import, and export a governed canonical ontology. A round-trip comparator verifies that classes, properties, semantics, and role policies survive export and re-import—so your model stays a trustworthy single source of truth.
Ontology-driven authorization
Roles in your ontology become suggested role mappings. Confirm them, switch the policy to enforce, and code generation emits a permission manifest, middleware, and seed users—so the generated application enforces authorization derived directly from your domain model.
Interoperability & standards
First-class RDF, OWL, and Turtle support means your model is not locked in a proprietary format. Exchange ontologies with enterprise semantic tools, knowledge graphs, and governance platforms—the export is standard Turtle and fully re-importable.
The ontology lifecycle: import, enhance, export
The semantic model moves through a simple, repeatable loop. Each stage keeps the canonical model and the exported file in sync.
1. Import
Upload an existing OWL/RDF/Turtle ontology at Quickstart or on the project. EcosystemCode parses it into a structured semantic model—classes, properties, hierarchies, and role policies.
2. Enhance
The model is enriched from your class diagrams, database import, and confirmed role mappings. Imported IRIs are preserved; new concepts get stable identifiers so nothing drifts.
3. Export
Export a governed Turtle file you can download, share, and re-import. A round-trip check confirms structural and semantic parity, completing the loop.
Where the ontology fits
The semantic layer sits between design and generation. Your diagrams describe structure; the ontology adds governed semantics and roles on top—and feeds both pre-generation checks and the generated authorization layer.
- From requirements and UML: entities and relationships are mapped into ontology classes and properties.
- From the database import: imported entities and columns enrich the same canonical model.
- Into generated code: confirmed roles become enforced permissions; role classes are kept out of CRUD scaffolding so they model authorization, not data tables.
- Out to your ecosystem: a standard Turtle export for knowledge graphs, governance, and semantic tooling.
Built for architects and platform teams
If your organization already invests in semantic models, EcosystemCode meets you where you are: bring your ontology in, keep it aligned with what you actually build, and take a governed model back out. If you are starting fresh, the ontology is generated and enhanced for you as a by-product of modeling—no separate authoring effort required.