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...
Digital factory system for dynamic manufacturing network supporting networked collaborative product development
During the last years, important research investments have been made by Airbus Group Innovations for the establishment of sustainable...
Constraint modelling using a conceptual prototyping language
A conceptual language (CPL) is proposed, derived from natural language theory, for specifying both the static and dynamic component...
A transition logic for schemata conflicts
Conflict detection and analysis are of high importance, e.g., when integrating conceptual schemata, such as UML-Specifications, or analysing goal-fulfilment...
Deriving static and dynamic concepts from software requirements using sophisticated tagging
Natural language requirements specifications form the basis for the subsequent phase of the information system development process, namely the...
English, Chinese and ER diagrams
This paper examines the similarities and correspondence between the Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) technique and the constructs of two natural...
Fuzzy XML data modeling with the UML and relational data models
Information imprecision and uncertainty exist in many real-world applications and for this reason fuzzy data modeling has been extensively...
