XCM: Conceptual Modeling for Dynamic Domains
ERM remains the tool of choice for conceptual data modeling. It relies on entities and relations to model the...
Precise Modeling and Verification of Topological Integrity Constraints in Spatial Databases: From an Expressive...
Recent works underline that the integration of topological relationships into the Object Constraint Language (OCL) is an important field...
Topological Relationships Between Complex Lines and Complex Regions
Topological relationships between spatial objects in the two-dimensional space have been investigated for a long time in a number...
Kuaba Ontology: Design Rationale Representation and Reuse in Model-Based Designs
This paper presents the Kuaba Ontology, a knowledge representation model for Design Rationale described in an ontology definition language....
Ontology Creation: Extraction of Domain Knowledge from Web Documents
Considerable research has gone into developing ontologies and applying them to a variety of applications. The extraction of domain...
Choosing Appropriate Method Guidelines for Web-Ontology Building
Ontology is a core component in semantic Web applications. The employment of an ontology building method affects the quality...
Conceptual Model Based Semantic Web Services
To achieve the dream of the semantic web, it must be possible for ordinary users to invoke services. Exactly...
Automatically Grounding Semantically-Enriched Conceptual Models to Concrete Web Services
The paper provides a conceptual framework for designing and executing business processes using semantic Web services. We envision a...
Pattern-Based Analysis of the Control-Flow Perspective of UML Activity Diagrams
The Unified Modelling Language (UML) is a well-known family of notations for software modelling. Recently, a new version of...
Transforming Web Requirements into Navigational Models: AN MDA Based Approach
Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is being adopted as a new development strategy. MDA is based on both the definition...
