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Evolution, not revolution

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Any consideration of altering UML must account for its current user base and its potential role as the keystone...

UMLoquent expression of AWACS software design

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The UML is becoming the standard palette used by software designers to paint their thoughts.

An object-oriented requirements specifications method

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Analyzing requirements for object-oriented software is examined in an alternative methodology from the more standard structured analysis approach. Through...

An object-oriented methodology for knowledge base/database coupling

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Databases have evolved into the central component of organizational information systans over the past two decades. However, the typical...

The IDAR graph

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An improvement over UML. Read the full paper here: https://cacm.acm.org/?mobile=false

OMG overview: CORBA and the OMA in enterprise computing

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Coordinating support for every phase of computing. Read the full paper here: https://cacm.acm.org/?mobile=false

Unraveling the semantics of conceptual schemas

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UML 2001: a standardization odyssey

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As the UML reaches the ripe age of four, both its proponents and its critics are scanning the recent...

Physical design equivalencies in database conversion

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As relational technology becomes increasingly accepted in commercial data processing, conversion of some of the huge number of existing...

Understanding ontological engineering

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Ontological engineering has garnered increasing attention over the last few years, as researchers have recognized ontologies are not just...