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CIKM
2007
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Conceptual modeling by analogy and metaphor
Metaphor is not merely a rhetorical device, characteristic of language alone, but rather a fundamental feature of the human conceptual system. A metaphor is understood by finding ...
Karin Koogan Breitman, Simone Diniz Junqueira Barb...
SIGMOD
2007
ACM
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14 years 8 months ago
A data-oriented survey of context models
Context-aware systems are pervading everyday life, therefore context modeling is becoming a relevant issue and an expanding research field. This survey has the goal to provide a c...
Cristiana Bolchini, Carlo Curino, Elisa Quintarell...
GIS
2010
ACM
13 years 3 months ago
Modelling spatial video as part of a GIS video analysis framework
It is now common for video; real-time and collected, mobile and static, to be georeferenced and stored in large archives for users of expert systems to access and interact with. I...
Paul Lewis
ER
2007
Springer
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14 years 2 months ago
Tracing the Rationale Behind UML Model Change Through Argumentation
Abstract. Neglecting traceability—i.e., the ability to describe and follow the life of a requirement—is known to entail misunderstanding and miscommunication, leading to the en...
Ivan Jureta, Stéphane Faulkner
DBKDA
2010
IEEE
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13 years 8 months ago
GN-DTD: Graphical Notations for Describing XML Documents
— This paper presents a graphical approach to model XML documents based on a Data Type Documentation called Graphical Notations-Data Type Documentation (GN-DTD). GN-DTD allows us...
Zurinahni Zainol, Bing Wang