Understanding computers and cognition
Understanding computers and cognition
A logical design methodology for relational databases using the extended entity-relationship model
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Activity modeling and behavior modeling
Proc. of the IFIP WG 8.1 working conference on Information systems design methodologies: improving the practice
Computer systems and the design of organizational interaction
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
Critical issues in information systems research
A case study of CSCW in a dispersed organization
CHI '88 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A proposal for a formal model of objects
Object-oriented concepts, databases, and applications
AI Magazine
Enabling technology for knowledge sharing
AI Magazine
Object-oriented analysis and design
Object-oriented analysis and design
An Automated Approach to Information Systems Decomposition
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Object-oriented modeling and design
Object-oriented modeling and design
Object-oriented analysis (2nd ed.)
Object-oriented analysis (2nd ed.)
Guidelines for evaluating classes in data modeling
ICIS '92 Proceedings of the thirteenth international conference on Information systems
A classification theory-based information systems model
A classification theory-based information systems model
A speech-act-based office modeling approach
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
Database description with SDM: a semantic database model
ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS)
The entity-relationship model—toward a unified view of data
ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS) - Special issue: papers from the international conference on very large data bases: September 22–24, 1975, Framingham, MA
The Architecture of Cognition
Conceptual Modeling, Databases, and Case: An Integrated View of Information Systems Development
Conceptual Modeling, Databases, and Case: An Integrated View of Information Systems Development
Information Systems Design Methodologies; A Comparative Review: Proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on Comparative Review of Information Systems Design Methodologies, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, 10-14 May 1982
Subject-oriented Modelling of Open Active Systems
Proceedings of the IFIP TC8/WG8.1 Working Conference on Information System Concepts: Improving the Understanding
Investigating Information and Knowledge Gathering Methods: A Speech Act Lexicon Perspective
Proceedings of the IFIP TC8/WG8.1 Working Conference on Information System Concepts: Improving the Understanding
Defining Metrics for Conceptual Schema Evolution
FoMLaDO/DEMM 2000 Selected papers from the 9th International Workshop on Foundations of Models and Languages for Data and Objects, Database Schema Evolution and Meta-Modeling
Semantical Change Patterns in the Conceptual Schema
ER '99 Proceedings of the Workshops on Evolution and Change in Data Management, Reverse Engineering in Information Systems, and the World Wide Web and Conceptual Modeling
Engineering for Conceptual Schema Flexibility
RIDE '01 Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on research Issues in Data Engineering
A conceptual model of personalized virtual learning environments
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Collaborative conceptual modeling using an ontology
CRIWG'10 Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Collaboration and technology
Pattern-based approach for designing with diagrammatic and propositional conceptual models
DESRIST'11 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Service-oriented perspectives in design science research
Citizen science 2.0: data management principles to harness the power of the crowd
DESRIST'11 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Service-oriented perspectives in design science research
RiskM: A multi-perspective modeling method for IT risk assessment
Information Systems Frontiers
ER'11 Proceedings of the 30th international conference on Conceptual modeling
Unintended consequences of class-based ontological commitment
ER'11 Proceedings of the 30th international conference on Advances in conceptual modeling: recent developments and new directions
Modelling ontology use for information systems
WM'05 Proceedings of the Third Biennial conference on Professional Knowledge Management
Information Systems and e-Business Management
Towards design engineering of ubiquitous information systems
DESRIST'12 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems: advances in theory and practice
Conceptual modeling principles for crowdsourcing
Proceedings of the 1st international workshop on Multimodal crowd sensing
A framework for transformation from conceptual to logical workflow models
Decision Support Systems
Design and evaluation of Ubiquitous Information Systems and use in healthcare
Decision Support Systems
Using Ontology Languages for Conceptual Modeling
Journal of Database Management
An argumentative approach of conceptual modelling and model validation through theory building
DESRIST'13 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Design Science at the Intersection of Physical and Virtual Design
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Conceptual modelling in information systems development is the creation of an enterprise model for the purpose of designing the information system. It is an important aspect of systems analysis. The value of a conceptual modelling language (CML) lies in its ability to capture the relevant knowledge about a domain. To determine which constructs should be included in a CML it would be beneficial to use some theoretical guidelines. However, this is usually not done. The purpose of this paper is to promote the idea that theories related to human knowledge can be used as foundations for conceptual modelling in systems development. We suggest the use of ontology, concept theory, and speech act theory. These approaches were chosen because: (1) they deal with important and different aspects relevant to conceptual modelling and (2) they have already been used in the context of systems analysis. For each approach we discuss: the rationale for its use, its principles, its application to conceptual modelling, and its limitations. We also demonstrate the concepts of the three approaches by analysing an example. The analysis also serves to show how each approach deals with different aspects of modelling.