Defining and validating metrics for assessingthe understandability of entity–relationship diagrams
Database and data model evolution cause significant problems in the highly dynamic business environment that weexperience these days. To...
Linguistically based conceptual modeling of business communication
In the performance of activities in an organization, communication plays a dominant role in that it allows people tocoordinate...
Assessing the quality of domain ontologies: Metrics and anautomated ranking system
The ability of a user to select an appropriate, high-quality domain ontology from a set of availableoptions would be...
A conceptual modeling framework for network analytics
In this paper we propose a conceptual modeling framework for network analysis applications.Within this framework, a data model called...
Conceptual-model-based data extraction from multiple-recordWeb pages
Electronically available data on the Web is exploding at an ever increasing pace. Much of this data is unstructured,which...
Ownership as a conceptual modeling construct
Ownership is a relationship that pervades many aspects of our lives, from the personal to the economic, and is...
Complexity and clarity in conceptual modeling: Comparisonof mandatory and optional properties
Two versions of the entity-relationship model (ERM) are compared in this empirical study. One modelgrammar uses optional properties and...
Conceptual modeling for data and knowledge management
In order to exploit knowledge embedded in databases and to migrate from data to knowledge management envi-ronments, conceptual...
Converting XML DTDs to UML diagrams forconceptual data integration
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is fast becoming the new standard for data representation andexchange on the World Wide Web,...
NL structures and conceptual modelling: Grammalizing for KISS
As conceptual models are both the result of and subject to communication between domain experts and information analysts, it...
