<s>
Cognition	B-Application
enhanced	I-Application
Natural	I-Application
language	I-Application
Information	I-Application
Analysis	I-Application
Method	I-Application
(	O
CogNIAM	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
conceptual	O
fact-based	B-Application
modelling	I-Application
method	I-Application
,	O
that	O
aims	O
to	O
integrate	O
the	O
different	O
dimensions	O
of	O
knowledge	O
:	O
data	O
,	O
rules	O
,	O
processes	O
and	O
semantics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
represent	O
these	O
dimensions	O
world	O
standards	O
SBVR	B-Application
,	O
BPMN	B-Architecture
and	O
DMN	O
from	O
the	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
(	O
OMG	O
)	O
are	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CogNIAM	B-Application
,	O
a	O
successor	O
of	O
NIAM	B-Application
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
work	O
of	O
knowledge	O
scientist	O
Sjir	O
Nijssen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CogNIAM	B-Application
structures	O
knowledge	O
,	O
gathered	O
from	O
people	O
,	O
documentation	O
and	O
software	O
,	O
by	O
classifying	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
purpose	O
CogNIAM	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
so-called	O
‘	O
Knowledge	O
Triangle’	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
outcome	O
of	O
CogNIAM	B-Application
is	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
person	O
applying	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
model	O
allows	O
the	O
knowledge	O
to	O
be	O
expressed	O
in	O
diagrammatic	B-Application
form	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
controlled	B-General_Concept
natural	I-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
CogNIAM	B-Application
recognises	O
4	O
different	O
dimensions	O
of	O
knowledge	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Rules	O
restrict	O
data	O
,	O
Semantics	O
describe	O
the	O
concepts	O
and	O
terms	O
used	O
in	O
processes	O
etc.	O
,	O
therefore	O
The	O
aim	O
of	O
CogNIAM	B-Application
is	O
to	O
integrate	O
these	O
different	O
dimensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
mentioned	O
earlier	O
,	O
CogNIAM	B-Application
classifies	O
knowledge	O
using	O
the	O
knowledge	O
triangle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
CogNIAM	B-Application
a	O
fact	O
is	O
defined	O
as	O
“	O
a	O
proposition	O
taken	O
to	O
be	O
true	O
by	O
a	O
relevant	O
community	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
