Nowadays, many applications need data modeling facilities for the description of complex objects with spatial and/or temporal facilities. Responses to such requirements may be fou...
: We show how an alternative approach to document-oriented specification can ease the system design process. By identifying the modeling concepts needed for a complete system speci...
The widespread use of XML brings out the need of ensuring the validity of XML data. The use of languages such as XML Schema makes easier the process of verification of XML documen...
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...
Abstract. Addressed in this paper is the problem of conceptual heterogeneity within the field of information systems. Two frameworks, Frisco and S¨oderstr¨om, each reflecting t...