A logical design methodology for relational databases using the extended entity-relationship model
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Object-oriented systems analysis: modeling the world in data
Object-oriented systems analysis: modeling the world in data
Fundamentals of database systems
Fundamentals of database systems
A proposal for a formal model of objects
Object-oriented concepts, databases, and applications
Comparing representations with relational and EER models
Communications of the ACM
An Ontological Model of an Information System
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Database management and design
Database management and design
Conceptual database design: an Entity-relationship approach
Conceptual database design: an Entity-relationship approach
Object-oriented systems analysis: a model-driven approach
Object-oriented systems analysis: a model-driven approach
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.)
Fundamentals of database systems (2nd ed.)
Fundamentals of database systems (2nd ed.)
Conceptual modelling based on ontological principles
Knowledge Acquisition
Modern database management (4th ed.)
Modern database management (4th ed.)
A survey of database design transformations based on the Entity-Relationship model
Data & Knowledge Engineering
Formal ontology, conceptual analysis and knowledge representation
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Special issue: the role of formal ontology in the information technology
Conceptual schema and relational database design (2nd ed.)
Conceptual schema and relational database design (2nd ed.)
Anchoring data quality dimensions in ontological foundations
Communications of the ACM
Choosing classes in conceptual modeling
Communications of the ACM
An introduction to database systems (7th ed.)
An introduction to database systems (7th ed.)
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
Database abstractions: aggregation
Communications of the ACM
Database
Data and Reality: Basic Assumptions in Data Processing Reconsidered
Data and Reality: Basic Assumptions in Data Processing Reconsidered
OO Systems Analysis: Is It or Isn't It?
IEEE Software
Some Findings on the Intuitivness of Entity-Relationship Constructs
Proceedings of the Eight International Conference on Enity-Relationship Approach to Database Design and Querying
Emancipating instances from the tyranny of classes in information modeling
ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS)
Conceptual Modeling of Complex Systems Using an RM-ODP Based Ontology
EDOC '01 Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Enterprise Distributed Object Computing
Representation of Generic Relationship Types in Conceptual Modeling
CAiSE '02 Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering
Towards Ontological Foundations for UML Conceptual Models
On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, 2002 - DOA/CoopIS/ODBASE 2002 Confederated International Conferences DOA, CoopIS and ODBASE 2002
On the General Ontological Foundations of Conceptual Modeling
ER '02 Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Conceptual Modeling
Property-Based Semantic Reconciliation of Heterogeneous Information Sources
ER '02 Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Conceptual Modeling
Towards Ontologically Based Semantics for UML Constructs
ER '01 Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling: Conceptual Modeling
Hierarchies in Object Oriented Conceptual Modeling
OOIS '02 Proceedings of the Workshops on Advances in Object-Oriented Information Systems
Preserving relationship cardinality constraints in relational schemata
Database integrity
Using ontology to validate conceptual models
Communications of the ACM - Service-oriented computing
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
Representing composites in conceptual modeling
Communications of the ACM - Has the Internet become indispensable?
Toward semantic understanding: an approach based on information extraction ontologies
ADC '04 Proceedings of the 15th Australasian database conference - Volume 27
Augmenting a Conceptual Model with Geospatiotemporal Annotations
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
Adopting ontology to facilitate knowledge sharing
Communications of the ACM - Bioinformatics
Measuring the conceptual fitness of an application in a computing ecosystem
Proceedings of the 2004 ACM workshop on Interdisciplinary software engineering research
Advanced query language for manipulating complex entities
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Toward Formalizing Domain Modeling Semantics in Language Syntax
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Ontological Evaluation of Enterprise Systems Interoperability Using ebXML
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
PSE: An Object-Oriented Representation for Modeling and Managing Part-of Relationships
Journal of Intelligent Information Systems
Comparing Relationships in Conceptual Modeling: Mapping to Semantic Classifications
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
Complexity and clarity in conceptual modeling: comparison of mandatory and optional properties
Data & Knowledge Engineering - Special issue: Quality in conceptual modeling
ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS)
GIS '06 Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM international symposium on Advances in geographic information systems
Contextual alignment of ontologies in the eCOIN semantic interoperability framework
Information Technology and Management
Candidate interoperability standards: An ontological overlap analysis
Data & Knowledge Engineering
CABSYDD: Case-Based System for Database Design
Journal of Management Information Systems
An algorithm for the automatic transformation of ontology axioms into a rule model
CompSysTech '07 Proceedings of the 2007 international conference on Computer systems and technologies
Accommodating mesodata into conceptual modelling methodologies
Information and Software Technology
MOQ: Web services ontologies for QoS and general quality evaluations
International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies
Information Technology and Management
Towards active conceptual modelling for sudden events
ER '07 Tutorials, posters, panels and industrial contributions at the 26th international conference on Conceptual modeling - Volume 83
Epistemological perspectives on ontology-based theories for conceptual modeling
Applied Ontology - Ontological Foundations of Conceptual Modelling
What's in a Relationship: An Ontological Analysis
ER '08 Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling
Environmental Modelling & Software
Formal transformation of ontology axioms to application domain rules
CompSysTech '08 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies and Workshop for PhD Students in Computing
Beyond Ontology in Information Systems
QI '09 Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Quantum Interaction
Nested and specialized associations
Proceedings of the Workshop on Relationships and Associations in Object-Oriented Languages
Towards an Abstraction Ontology
Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases XVIII
A Web-enabled virtual repository for supporting distributed automotive component development
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Developing Consistent and Modular Software Models with Ontologies
Proceedings of the 2009 conference on New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques: Proceedings of the Eighth SoMeT_09
CAiSE'03 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Advanced information systems engineering
ER'07 Proceedings of the 26th international conference on Conceptual modeling
Addressing the homeland security problem: a collaborative decision-making framework
ISI'03 Proceedings of the 1st NSF/NIJ conference on Intelligence and security informatics
Postponing schema definition: low instance-to-entity ratio (LItER) modelling
Active conceptual modeling of learning
Design and implementation of an ontology-based psychiatric disorder detection system
WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications
Conceptual modeling of causal map: Object oriented causal map
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Supply chain ontology: Review, analysis and synthesis
Computers in Industry
Generating operation specifications from UML class diagrams: A model transformation approach
Data & Knowledge Engineering
An ontology based linguistic infrastructure to represent software risk identification knowledge
Proceedings of the International Conference & Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology
Using SOA and RIAs for water data discovery and retrieval
Environmental Modelling & Software
Ontological foundations for conceptual part-whole relations: the case of collectives and their parts
CAiSE'11 Proceedings of the 23rd international conference on Advanced information systems engineering
Experimental evaluation of an ontology-driven enterprise modeling language
ER'11 Proceedings of the 30th international conference on Advances in conceptual modeling: recent developments and new directions
Ontological usage schemes a working proposal for the ontological foundation of language use
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
Ontology for the selection of e-processes
WISE'05 Proceedings of the 2005 international conference on Web Information Systems Engineering
A conceptual modeling quality framework
Software Quality Control
Ontological metamodeling with explicit instantiation
SLE'09 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Software Language Engineering
The association construct in conceptual modelling – an analysis using the bunge ontological model
CAiSE'05 Proceedings of the 17th international conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering
Essentialized conceptual structures in ontology modeling
KES'05 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems - Volume Part II
AOIS'04 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Agent-Oriented Information Systems II
ER'06 Proceedings of the 25th international conference on Conceptual Modeling
e-Government: a legislative ontology for the 'SIAP' parliamentary management system
TCGOV'05 Proceedings of the 2005 international conference on E-Government: towards Electronic Democracy
Object class or association class? testing the user effect on cardinality interpretation
ER'05 Proceedings of the 24th international conference on Perspectives in Conceptual Modeling
An ontology for enterprise and information systems modelling
Applied Ontology
Enhance discovery and retrieval of geospatial data using SOA and Semantic Web technologies
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Epistemological perspectives on ontology-based theories for conceptual modeling
Applied Ontology - Ontological Foundations of Conceptual Modelling
An ontology for enterprise and information systems modelling
Applied Ontology
Ontologies versus relational databases: are they so different? A comparison
Artificial Intelligence Review
Understanding understandability of conceptual models --- what are we actually talking about?
ER'12 Proceedings of the 31st international conference on Conceptual Modeling
Sliced column-store (SCS): ontological foundations and practical implications
ER'12 Proceedings of the 31st international conference on Conceptual Modeling
ER'12 Proceedings of the 31st international conference on Conceptual Modeling
The hole in the whole: a response to Allen and March
MIS Quarterly
Using a knowledge learning framework to predict errors in database design
Information Systems
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Conceptual models or semantic data models were developed to capture the meaning of an application domain as perceived by someone. Moreover, concepts employed in semantic data models have recently been adopted in object-oriented approaches to systems analysis and design. To employ conceptual modeling constructs effectively, their meanings have to be defined rigorously. Often, however, rigorous definitions of these constructs are missing. This situation occurs especially in the case of the relationship construct. Empirical evidence shows that use of relationships is often problematical as a way of communicating the meaning of an application domain. For example, users of conceptual modeling methodologies are frequently confused about whether to show an association between things via a relationship, an entity, or an attribute. Because conceptual models are intended to capture knowledge about a real-world domain, we take the view that the meaning of modeling constructs should be sought in models of reality. Accordingly, we use ontology, which is the branch of philosophy dealing with models of reality, to analyze the meaning of common conceptual modeling constructs.Our analysis provides a precise definition of several conceptual modeling constructs. Based on our analysis, we derive rules for the use of relationships in entity-relationship conceptual modeling. Moreover, we show how the rules resolve ambiguities that exist in current practice and how they can enrich the capacity of an entity-relationship conceptual model to capture knowledge about an application domain.