An input to the conceptual database design phase contains a description of the target database. This description is usually given in some natural language, for instance in English...
This paper investigates optimization techniques and data structures exploiting the use of so-called pseudo models. These techniques are applied to speed up TBox and ABox reasoning ...
We describe a framework called the Uni-Level Description (ULD) for accurately representing information from a broad range of data models. The ULD extends previous metadata-model a...
Application domain description precedes requirements engineering, and is the basis for the development of a software or information system that satisfies all expectations of its u...
Abstract. The conceptual modelling of software architectures is of central importance for the quality of a software system. A rich modelling language is required to integrate the d...