Part-whole relations in object-centered systems: An overview
Knowledge bases, data bases and object-oriented systems (referred to in the paper as Object-Centered systems) all rely on attributes...
An integrated, dual learner for grammars and ontologies
We introduce a dual-use methodology for automating the maintenance and growth of two types of knowledge sources, which are...
Enriching the class diagram concepts to capture natural language semantics for database access
Research on accessing databases using natural languages usually utilizes an intermediate logical form for the mapping process from natural...
Coordinating distributed organizational knowledge
As organizations move from hierarchical towards market-like structures, their distributed units also take a larger role in the design...
Extracting conceptual relationships from specialized documents
Conceptual modeling has been fundamental to the management of structured data. However, its value is increasingly being recognized for...
Automated ontology construction for unstructured text documents
Ontology is playing an increasingly important role in knowledge management and the Semantic Web. This study presents a novel...
NALDO: From natural language definitions to OWL expressions
Domain ontologies are pivotal for Semantic Web applications. The richness of an ontology goes in hand with its usefulness...
Formal justification in object-oriented modelling: A linguistic approach
When software engineers set out to build a system, they usually have the informal idea that there is a...
Ensuring the canonicity of process models
Process models play an important role for specifying requirements of business-related software. However, the usefulness of process models is...
REERM: Reenhancing the entity–relationship model
The entity–relationship model (ERM) remains one of the most widely used SW Engineering techniques. Much research effort has focused...
