<s>
Knowledge	B-Language
Discovery	I-Language
Metamodel	I-Language
(	O
KDM	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
publicly	O
available	O
specification	O
from	O
the	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
(	O
OMG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDM	O
is	O
a	O
common	O
intermediate	B-Application
representation	I-Application
for	O
existing	O
software	O
systems	O
and	O
their	O
operating	O
environments	O
,	O
that	O
defines	O
common	O
metadata	O
required	O
for	O
deep	O
semantic	O
integration	O
of	O
Application	O
Lifecycle	O
Management	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDM	O
uses	O
OMG	O
's	O
Meta-Object	B-Application
Facility	I-Application
to	O
define	O
an	O
XMI	B-Language
interchange	O
format	O
between	O
tools	O
that	O
work	O
with	O
existing	O
software	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
abstract	O
interface	O
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
for	O
the	O
next-generation	O
assurance	O
and	O
modernization	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDM	O
standardizes	O
existing	O
approaches	O
to	O
knowledge	O
discovery	O
in	O
software	O
engineering	O
artifacts	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
software	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
OMG	O
's	O
Architecture-Driven	O
Modernization	O
Task	O
Force	O
recommended	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Platform	O
Technical	O
Committee	O
issued	O
,	O
the	O
Knowledge	B-Language
Discovery	I-Language
Metamodel	I-Language
(	O
KDM	O
)	O
RFP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Knowledge	B-Language
Discovery	I-Language
Metamodel	I-Language
will	O
also	O
enable	O
information	O
about	O
existing	O
software	O
artifacts	O
to	O
be	O
exchanged	O
among	O
different	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
Team	O
's	O
submission	O
—	O
the	O
Knowledge	B-Language
Discovery	I-Language
Metamodel	I-Language
(	O
KDM	O
)	O
--	O
moved	O
into	O
the	O
finalization	O
stage	O
of	O
the	O
OMG	O
's	O
standards	O
adoption	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDM	O
is	O
a	O
wide-spectrum	O
entity-relationship	B-Architecture
representation	O
for	O
describing	O
existing	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
high-fidelity	O
intermediate	B-Application
representation	I-Application
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
for	O
performing	O
static	O
analysis	O
of	O
existing	O
software	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
micro-KDM	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
purpose	O
to	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
for	O
KDM	O
,	O
although	O
KDM	O
is	O
not	O
an	O
executable	O
model	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
constraint	O
model	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
representation	O
of	O
existing	O
artifacts	O
for	O
analysis	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
KDM	O
is	O
a	O
meta-model	O
that	O
uses	O
Meta-Object	B-Application
Facility	I-Application
,	O
there	O
is	O
an	O
alignment	O
between	O
the	O
KDM	O
Core	O
and	O
Resource	O
Description	O
Framework	O
(	O
RDF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
package	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
purpose	O
to	O
the	O
Common	O
Application	O
Meta-model	O
(	O
CAM	O
)	O
from	O
another	O
OMG	O
specification	O
,	O
called	O
Enterprise	B-Architecture
Application	I-Architecture
Integration	I-Architecture
(	O
EAI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
Enterprise	B-Architecture
Application	I-Architecture
Integration	I-Architecture
(	O
EAI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
