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Formalizing Linguistic Conventions for Conceptual Models

Becker, Jörg; Delfmann, Patrick; Herwig, Sebastian; Lis, Łukasz; Stein, Armin

Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Peer reviewed

Abstract

A precondition for the appropriate analysis of conceptual models is not only their syntactic correctness but also their semantic comparability. Assuring comparability is challenging especially when models are developed by different persons. Empirical studies show that such models can vary heavily, especially in model element naming, even if they express the same issue. In contrast to most ontology-driven approaches proposing the resolution of these differences ex-post, we introduce an approach that avoids naming differences in conceptual models already during modeling. Therefore we formalize naming conventions combining domain thesauri and phrase structures based on a lin-guistic grammar. This allows for guiding modelers automatically during the modeling process using standardized labels for model elements. Our approach is generic, making it applicable for any modeling language.

Details about the publication

Editors: Laender, A. H. F.; Castano, S.; Dayal, U.; Casati, F.; de Oliverira, J. P. M.
Book title: Conceptual Modeling - ER 2009 28th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Gramado, Brazil, November 9-12, 2009. Proceedings
Page range: 70-83
Publisher: Springer VDI Verlag
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Title of series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (ISSN: 0302-9743)
Volume of series: 5829
Status: Published
Release year: 2009
Language in which the publication is written: English
Conference: 28th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2009), Gramado, Brazil
ISBN: 978-3-642-04839-5
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04840-1_8
Keywords: Conceptual Modeling; Naming Conventions; Computational Linguistics

Authors from the University of Münster

Becker, Jörg
Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Delfmann, Carsten Patrick
Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Herwig, Sebastian
Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Lis, Łukasz
Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Stein, Armin
Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)

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Candidate: Herwig, Sebastian | Supervisors: Becker, Jörg | Reviewers: Becker, Jörg; Müller-Funk, Ulrich
Period of time: 02/01/2007 - 06/05/2011
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Erweiterung des Supply Chain Operations Reference-Modells - Anforderungen, Konzepte und Werkzeuge
Candidate: Stein, Armin | Supervisors: Becker, Jörg; Hellingrath, Bernd
Period of time: 01/09/2006 - 25/03/2010
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster