On the Expressive Power of Data Integration Systems
There are basically two approaches for designing a data integration system. In the global-as-view (GAV) approach, one maps the...
Web extensions to UML: Using the MVC Triad
Current Web Modelling Languages (WMLs) fall short of the requirements for the modelling of web system development. In particular,...
Property-Based Semantic Reconciliation of Heterogeneous Information Sources
Integrating information from diverse sources is of great importance in the database area. The main difficulty in information integration...
Modeling Dynamics of Business Processes: Key for Building Next Generation of Business Information Systems
During the past ten years, requirements on functionality of business information systems have been slowly changing. This shift consists...
Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modelling
In the last decade, ontologies have become a hot issue in the conceptual modeling community, which is chiefly due...
Advanced OO Modelling: Metamodels and Notations for the New Millennium
Building an object-oriented model requires knowledge of process and techniques; whereas representing the model requires the use of a...
Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modelling: Advanced Concepts
There is a growing awareness amongst conceptual modellers that their tools (languages and methodologies) are in need of theoretical...
Workflow Management in Electronic Commerce
In electronic commerce scenarios, effectiveness and efficiency of business process execution are of paramount importance for business success. Even...
Do We Need an Ontology of Ontologies?
Ontologies are “in.” For a number of years, ontology has been one of the areas under broad research attention,...
Development of a Conceptual Data Model for Digital Spatio-Temporal Geographical Information, with Application to...
A Geographical Information System (GIS) is a system capable of inputting, analyzing and visualizing geographical data. Despite several theoretical...
