Understanding, building and using ontologies
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
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Information Systems - Special issue: selected papers from the 9th International Conference on advanced information systems engineering (CA ISE '97)
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IEEE Intelligent Systems
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IEA/AIE '92 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Industrial and engineering applications of artificial intelligence and expert systems
Ontological Engineering
The Knowledge Engineering Review
The Knowledge Engineering Review
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European Journal of Information Systems
Enterprise Ontology: Theory and Methodology
Enterprise Ontology: Theory and Methodology
Model-Driven Design Using Business Patterns
Model-Driven Design Using Business Patterns
Towards ontology-driven information systems: redesign and formalization of the REA ontology
BIS'07 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Business information systems
Object role modelling for ontology engineering in the DOGMA framework
OTM'05 Proceedings of the 2005 OTM Confederated international conference on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems
Evaluating quality of conceptual models based on user perceptions
ER'06 Proceedings of the 25th international conference on Conceptual Modeling
Towards a reference ontology for business models
ER'06 Proceedings of the 25th international conference on Conceptual Modeling
The rea-DSL: a domain specific modeling language for business models
CAiSE'11 Proceedings of the 23rd international conference on Advanced information systems engineering
Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling
Construction processes configuration using process patterns
Advanced Engineering Informatics
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Business modelling research is increasingly interested in exploring how domain ontologies can be used as reference models for business models. The Resource Event Agent (REA) ontology is a primary candidate for ontology-driven modelling of business processes because the REA point of view on business reality is close to the conceptual modelling perspective on business models. In this paper Ontology Engineering principles are employed to reengineer REA in order to make it more suitable for ontology-driven business modelling. The new conceptual representation of REA that we propose uses a single representation formalism, includes a more complete domain axiomatization (containing definitions of concepts, concept relations and ontological axioms), and is proposed as a generic model that can be instantiated to create valid business models. The effects of these proposed improvements on REA-driven business modelling are demonstrated using a business modelling example.