UML models and ontologies are two knowledge representations with different strengths and weaknesses. Until recently, they were considered unrelated research domains. However, studies investigating their underlying paradigms and the approaches combining these two are increasingly emerging. Nevertheless, the state of the art research covering the relationship between the two is still under exploration. In this paper, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of both domains by conducting a literature review of the relevant research work. In this survey, the relationship between UML and ontology is investigated from both the theoretical and practical perspectives. We present a detailed classification of the existing work based on the considered issues and their practical use cases. Finally, we provide an evaluation of the existing work according to the criteria we identified.

UML模型和本体是具有不同优缺点的两种知识表示。直到最近，它们还被认为是无关的研究领域。但是，有关其基本范式及其结合方法的研究正在不断涌现。尽管如此，有关两者之间关系的最新研究仍在探索中。在本文中，我们旨在通过对相关研究工作进行文献综述来提供这两个领域的全面概述。在这项调查中，从理论和实践的角度研究了UML和本体之间的关系。我们根据考虑的问题及其实际用例对现有工作进行详细分类。最后，