Next Generation Ontology-Centric Software Development

The software problem

Sofware is too often delivered late, over budget and error prone. This is hardly surprising: the business specifies requirements from a myriad of sources that developers struggle to reflect in a language the business does not understand, nor can validate. A persistent gap between what the business needs and what IT delivers is created.

A paradigm shift

ODASE departs from convention, designed to close the gap between what the business needs and what IT delivers. With ODASE, the concepts and logic of the business are represented in a way that is understandable, explainable and testable to the business.

This is achieved by representing the business problem as an ontology extended with logical rules, clearly, concisely and correctly: ODASE is a next generation ontology-centric software development platform based on symbolic AI.

How it works

1. Create: Business concepts and rules are defined using an intuitive ontology and rules editor

2. Validate: The ontology is tested with real data, explained and refined prior to any code being produced

3. Generate: The executable code is automatically generated from the ontology

4. Activate: The business logic is activated against live data using the ODASE runtime engine

5. Integrate: Technical low-code is written to integrate with user interfaces, databases, etc.

Compelling outcomes

This architecture has a dramatic impact on outcomes versus other software development approaches:

Near zero defect	bugs are fixed in the ontology, as such production bugs are at or near zero
Very low code	only a few 100s lines of code is needed for a fully functional application
Highly responsive	low response times under load and versus industry benchmarks
Agile and flexible	changes are easily made to the ontology, tested and new code generated
Ethical and trustworthy	the business logic is fully transparent and explainable to the business
Compressed timelines	delivered in months when it would typically take years, with no overruns
Low maintenance	modest ongoing maintenance, and limited time demands on business / IT
Cost effective	fractional development and ongoing support/maintenance costs
No legacy anymore	“mathematical” business specification endures beyond technological changes

Real world evidence

ODASE has powered the development and deployment of advanced applications solving diverse business challenges across multiple industries, consistently achieving the results described above. Discover our latest mission-critical project here .

A concise one-page overview is available for download in PDF format below.

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