Using ontology to validate conceptual models

Authors:
Graeme Shanks;Elizabeth Tansley;Ron Weber
Affiliations:
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia;Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia;The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Venue:
Communications of the ACM - Service-oriented computing
Year:
2003

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Abstract

Theories of ontology lead to improved conceptual models and help ensure they are indeed faithful representations of their focal domains.