Semantic database modeling: survey, applications, and research issues
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Strategic planning for information systems: requirements and information
Journal of Management Information Systems
Four paradigms of information systems development
Communications of the ACM
A model of systems decomposition
ICIS '89 Proceedings of the tenth international conference on Information Systems
An Ontological Model of an Information System
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Information systems research: contemporary approaches and emergent traditions
Information systems research: contemporary approaches and emergent traditions
A translation approach to portable ontology specifications
Knowledge Acquisition - Special issue: Current issues in knowledge modeling
Understanding Quality in Conceptual Modeling
IEEE Software
Anchoring data quality dimensions in ontological foundations
Communications of the ACM
An ontological analysis of the relationship construct in conceptual modeling
ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS)
Integrated process modeling: an ontological evaluation
Information Systems - The 11th international conference on advanced information systems engineering (CAiSE*
Competing dichotomies in IS research and possible strategies for resolution
ICIS '98 Proceedings of the international conference on Information systems
A collaborative approach to ontology design
Communications of the ACM - Ontology: different ways of representing the same concept
Evaluating ontological decisions with OntoClean
Communications of the ACM - Ontology: different ways of representing the same concept
Information Systems Development: Methodologies, Techniques and Tools
Information Systems Development: Methodologies, Techniques and Tools
Conceptual Modeling, Databases, and Case: An Integrated View of Information Systems Development
Conceptual Modeling, Databases, and Case: An Integrated View of Information Systems Development
Knowledge Processes and Ontologies
IEEE Intelligent Systems
Should Optional Properties Be Used in Conceptual Modelling? A Theory and Three Empirical Tests
Information Systems Research
Research Commentary: Information Systems and Conceptual Modeling--A Research Agenda
Information Systems Research
Evaluation of Information Modeling Methods -- A Review
HICSS '98 Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 5 - Volume 5
Information Systems an Emerging Discipline
Information Systems an Emerging Discipline
An experimental examination of property precedence in conceptual modelling
APCCM '04 Proceedings of the first Asian-Pacific conference on Conceptual modelling - Volume 31
Action-oriented conceptual modelling
European Journal of Information Systems
Complexity and clarity in conceptual modeling: comparison of mandatory and optional properties
Data & Knowledge Engineering - Special issue: Quality in conceptual modeling
Improving the quality of conceptual modeling using cognitive mapping techniques
Data & Knowledge Engineering - Special issue: Quality in conceptual modeling
Process models representing knowledge for action: a revised quality framework
European Journal of Information Systems - Special issue: Action in language, organisations and information systems
Cognitive evaluation of information modeling methods
Information and Software Technology
Information Systems Research
Research in Information Systems: An Empirical Study of Diversity in the Discipline and Its Journals
Journal of Management Information Systems
Evaluating Information Systems Constructing a Model Processing Framework
International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems
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Conceptual modeling is a core activity within information systems analysis and design. In response to continuous criticisms targeting the foundation of conceptual modeling, the notion of ontology as a theoretical reference has gained immense popularity over recent decades. At the forefront of these ontology-based theories is the Bunge-Wand-Weber representation model, which has frequently been applied in conceptual modeling research, most notably to the task of evaluating conceptual Information Systems analysis and design models and modeling grammars. Recently, however, ontology-based theories themselves have been subjected to criticisms, in particular in respect to their epistemological presuppositions. In our paper we address the question of epistemology in conceptual modeling research based on ontological theories, and argue that there is an immanent need for publishing the epistemological assumptions of these theories in order to be able to critically evaluate boundaries, scope and limits of these theories for conceptual modeling. We present a discussion framework that facilitates the analysis of epistemological viewpoints and their implications. We apply this framework to the commonly known Bunge-Wand-Weber model and discuss the implications of our findings towards the feasibility of ontology as a reference theory for conceptual modeling.