A scenario-based verification technique to assess the compatibility of collaborative business processes
Successful E-Business is based on seamless collaborative business processes. Each partner in the collaboration specifies its own rules and...
Refining non-taxonomic relation labels with external structured data to support ontology learning
This paper presents a method to integrate external knowledge sources such as DBpedia and OpenCyc into an ontology learning...
ER isomorphisms and uniqueness conditions
Given a collection of entity types (database tables) there is usually more than one way to model their associations....
The E/S knowledge representation system
This paper introduces the E/S knowledge representation model and describes a system based on that model. The model takes...
Modelling of set membership” The notion and the issues
Although high-level data abstractions have been recognized as very important for modelling complex applications, one abstraction that is not...
Subtyping and polymorphism in object-role modelling
Although Entity-Relationship (ER) modelling techniques are commonly used for information modelling, Object-Role Modelling (ORM) techniques are becoming increasingly popular,...
Automated analysis of integrity constraints in multi-level models
Multi-level modelling is a technology for model-based development that enables the incremental refinement of models in successive meta-levels, which...
Adoption of OSS components: A goal-oriented approach
Open Source Software (OSS) has become a strategic asset for a number of reasons, such as short time-to-market software...
Conceptual schemas with abstractions Making flat conceptual schemas more comprehensible
Flat graphical, conceptual modeling techniques are widely accepted as visually effective ways in which to specify and communicate the...
Multiple abstraction levels in modelling product structures
The need for product customisation is driving industrial companies towards a very large product variety, which aects many functions...
