APCCM
2007
14 years 27 days ago
2007
We propose a new conceptual model for XML data called XSEM as a combination of several approaches in the area of the conceptual modeling for XML. The model divides the conceptual ...
ER
2008
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
2008
Springer
In a series of publications, we have proposed a foundational system of ontological categories which has been successfully used to evaluate and improve the quality of conceptual mod...
WSC
2007
14 years 1 months ago
2007
Conceptual modeling, deciding what to include in the model, is a very important task in the modeling process. However, it has so far received relatively little attention in the li...
WSC
2007
14 years 1 months ago
2007
Conceptual models serve as abstractions of user’s perceptions of a system. The choice and detailing of these abstractions are key to model use and understanding for analyst and ...
CAISE
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
2009
Springer
Abstract. Parthood is a relation of fundamental importance in a number of disciplines including cognitive science, linguistics and conceptual modeling. However, one classical probl...
ER
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Springer
Ontologies play an indispensable role in the Semantic Web by specifying the definitions of concepts and individual objects. However, most of the existing methods for constructing o...
EDBTW
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Springer
ORM (Object-Role Modeling) is a rich and well-known conceptual modeling method. As ORM has a formal semantics, reasoning tasks such as satisfiability checking of an ORM schema natu...
ER
1997
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
1997
Springer
This paper discusses the construction principles of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs from the point of view of conceptual modeling. The paper starts with a summary of author’s previo...
ER
1999
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
1999
Springer
“A pattern ... describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can us...
ICSE
2001
IEEE-ACM
14 years 3 months ago
2001
IEEE-ACM
Despite the advantages that object technology can provide to the software development community and its customers, the fundamental problems associated with identifying objects, th...