Toward an Ontology-Driven Unifying Metamodel for UML Class Diagrams, EER, and ORM2
Software compatibility and application integration can be achieved using their respective conceptual data models. However, each model may be...
Towards Ontological Foundations for the Conceptual Modeling of Events
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the application of foundational ontologies, i.e., formal ontological theories...
Baquara: A Holistic Ontological Framework for Movement Analysis Using Linked Data
Movement understanding frequently requires further information and knowledge than what can be obtained from bare spatio-temporal traces. Despite recent...
From Structure-Based to Semantics-Based: Towards Effective XML Keyword Search
Existing XML keyword search approaches can be categorized into tree-based search and graph-based search. Both of them are structure-based...
Combining Personalization and Groupization to Enhance Web Search
To improve retrieval effectiveness, personalized search engines adjust the search results according to the user’s interest profile. Most of...
A Conceptual Model of Intended Learning Outcomes Supporting Curriculum Development
Designing and developing a logical structure of intended learning outcomes (ILOs) by using a diagrammatic technique, is a challenge...
The Role Concept for Relational Database Management Systems
More complex applications lead to worse maintainability and extensibility. Flexible and dynamic concepts can help to balance maintainability and...
Cost-Informed Operational Process Support
The ability to steer business operations in alignment with the true origins of costs, and to be informed about...
Store Review Spammer Detection Based on Review Relationship
Reviews and comments play important role in online shopping. It can help people getting more information about stores and...
Automating the Adaptation of Evolving Data-Intensive Ecosystems
Data-intensive ecosystems are conglomerations of data repositories surrounded by applications that depend on them for their operation. To support...
