Converting XML DTDs to UML diagrams forconceptual data integration
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is fast becoming the new standard for data representation andexchange on the World Wide Web,...
NL structures and conceptual modelling: Grammalizing for KISS
As conceptual models are both the result of and subject to communication between domain experts and information analysts, it...
From reference ontologies to ontology patterns and back
Building proper reference ontologies is a hard task. There are a number of methods and toolsthat traditionally have been...
On the feasibility of using conceptual modeling constructs for the design andanalysis of XML...
XML is one of the most widely accepted data representation languages in today's Internet-dominated Computing. While most XML data...
An ontology-driven unifying metamodel of UML Class Diagrams,EER, and ORM2
AsbtractSoftware interoperability and application integration can be realized through using theirrespective conceptual data models, which may be represented in...
Methodological guidelines for reusing general ontologies
Currently, there is a great deal of well-founded explicit knowledge formalizing general notions,such as time concepts and thepart_ofrelation. Yet,...
A Unified Modelling Language without referential redundancy
The paper argues that, as a language for representing concrete problem domains, the quality of the UMLis compromised by...
Improving the quality of conceptual modeling usingcognitive mapping techniques
Conceptual modeling involves the understanding and communication between system analysts and end-users. Many factors may affect the quality of...
Towards an accurate functional size measurement procedurefor conceptual models in an MDA environment
The accurate measurement of the functional size of applications that are automaticallygenerated in MDA environments is a challenge for...
Evaluating quality of conceptual modelling scripts basedon user perceptions
This paper presents the development of a user evaluations based quality model for conceptual modelling scripts applyingSeddon’s variant of...
