An approach to testing conceptual schemas
Conceptual schemas of information systems can be tested. The testing of conceptual schemas may be an important and practical...
Grammatical specification of domain ontologies
This paper presents a formalism supporting the analysis and specification of domain ontologies. Themethod is founded theoretically on conventional...
A generic model for 3-dimensional conceptual modelling
This article discusses two highly intertwined issues. Firstly, we discuss the lack of top-down abstraction mechanisms in data modelling...
A UML profile for multidimensional modelingin data warehouses
The multidimensional (MD) modeling, which is the foundation of data warehouses (DWs), MD databases, and On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP)...
A conceptual model for temporal data warehouses and its transformation to the ER and...
The MultiDim model is a conceptual multidimensional model for data warehouse and OLAP applications. These applications require the presence...
Conceptual modeling for customized XML schemas
XML was initially developed for document management, but it is becoming increasingly used for storingand exchanging all kinds of...
A Guidelines framework for understandable BPMN models
Business process modeling allows abstracting and reasoning on how work is structured within complex organizations. Business process models represent...
Variable set semantics for keyed generalized sketches:formal semantics for object identity and abstract syntaxfor...
We introduce a mathematical framework where a formal semantics for object identity can be built ir-respectively to computer related...
Natural language processing-enhanced extraction of SBVR businessvocabularies and business rules from UML use case...
Discovery, specification and proper representation of various aspects of business knowledgeplays crucial part in model-driven information systems engineering, especially...
The impact of linguistics on conceptual models: consistency and understandability
This paper describes a vision in which linguistic knowledge and theories are introduced into conceptual modeling, and it sums...
