The goal of this article is to formalize Object Role Modeling (ORM) using the DLR description logic. This would enable automated reasoning on the formal properties of ORM diagrams,...
The work of Boden on the nature of creativity has been extremely influential, particularly the hypothesis that the highest form of creativity results from transformation of a conce...
In a series of publications, we have proposed a foundational system of ontological categories which has been used to evaluate and improve the quality of conceptual modeling languag...
Reusable software components need well-defined interfaces, rigorously and completely documented features, and a design amenable both to reuse and to formal verification; all these...
We outline and clarify the essential concepts of the componentware paradigm. After motivating the role of formal foundations and introducing a number of useful description techniq...
Klaus Bergner, Andreas Rausch, Marc Sihling, Alexa...