At Software Development Automation 2014, BCP Software presented CaseTalk to show how to build software using natural language.

1. From natural language
to working software
SDA Conference -Amsterdam 2014
Speaker: Marco Wobben

2. Brief history
• NIAM / Nijssen (‘70s)
• FCO-IM / G. Bakema, JP. Zwart, H vd. Lek (‘92)
• ORM / T. Halpin (’96)
• CaseTalk (2001)

3. FCO-IM
Fully Communication Oriented Information Modeling
• 100% conceptualization
• Redundancy free
• Unification: facts and objects
• Substitution: expressions and tuples
• Generic repository

4. Fact based modeling
• Domain expert participation
• Improved model quality;
Consolidate business knowledge
• Complex business domains
• Enterprise data integration
Technology independence
• More complete requirements, faster
• Cost reduction

5. Example
34-KK-NN

6. Communication
Gasoline Consumption
"The car with license number 34-KK-NN drives 12.0km per litre."
34-KK-NN

7. Modeling
Gasoline Consumption
"The car with license number 34-KK-NN drives 12.0km per litre."

8. FCO-IM Diagram

9. UML Diagram

10. ER Diagram

11. Database Script

12. Verbalizations
------------------------------------------------------------------
Facts
------------------------------------------------------------------
Gasoline Consumption:
"The car with license number 34-KK-NN drives 12.0km per litre."
------------------------------------------------------------------
Business Rules
------------------------------------------------------------------
Car:
"Car is uniquely identified by License number."
"Car must have a Car Fuel."
Distance:
"Distance is uniquely identified by #KM."
"Distance must have a Gasoline Consumption."
Gasoline Consumption:
"Gasoline Consumption is uniquely identified by Car."

13. CaseTalk Demo

14. CaseTalk Diagram

15. CaseTalk Script

16. CaseTalk ERD

17. CaseTalk APP

18. CaseTalk

19. CaseTalk
DDL Scripts, ERD,
XMI, UML Classes
Data Warehouse,
XML Schema,
OWL/RDF,
Prototyping, etc..
Verification
Evaluation
Negotiation
Verbalization, Concepts, Vision

20. Educational

21. Customers

22. Project metrics
• ProRail / Master Data Management
> 1000 fact types
• KLM / Passenger & Cargo
> 1500 facttypes
• HAN University / Operational
> 2500 fact types
• Erasmus MC / Data Warehouse
> 3500 fact types

23. Contact
www.casetalk.com
info@casetalk.com
Marco Wobben
BCP Software