Table 1 Inputs, outputs, resources, roles and tasks of CDAO activity

Inputs

• Application Domain Documents (ADD)

• User Stories in Natural Language (USNL)

Outputs

• Ubiquitous Language Terminology (ULT)

Resources

• Ontology Languages (OL)

• Ontology Tools (OT)

• Domain Reference Ontologies (DRO)

Roles

• Ontology Engineer (OE)

• Domain Expert (DE)

• Product Owner (PO)

Tasks

(a) Search ontologies to select or create a DRO for the application domain;

(b) Successively specialize DRO based on application domain characteristics;

(c) Validate the created domain application ontologies; and

(d) Extract the main ULT from these ontologies.