Concept Theory in the Context of Information Systems

Authors:
Jari Palomäki;Momir Radičević
Affiliations:
Massey University, Department of Information Systems, Private Bag 756, Wellington, New Zealand, E-mail: J.J.Palomaki@massey.ac.nz;Waiariki Institute of Technology, School of Business and Computing, Private Bag 3028, Rotorua, New Zealand, E-mail: Momir.Radicevic@waiariki.ac.nz
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2006 conference on Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases XVII
Year:
2006

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Abstract

In this paper the role and the proper place of a concept theory in the context of information systems is proposed. We define the basic modelling situation consisting of objects to be modelled, a modeller, i.e. a person who is modelling, a model, and the relationships between these. We continue this process by describing an information system. Having described information systems we consider a conceptual modelling process, the goal of which is to develop a conceptual schema of the domain of application. In this context the place of a concept theory is found as the foundation for all conceptual modelling.