Conceptual Modeling - ER 2006: 25th International Conference by Peter P. Chen (auth.), David W. Embley, Antoni Olivé, Sudha

By Peter P. Chen (auth.), David W. Embley, Antoni Olivé, Sudha Ram (eds.)

Conceptual modeling has lengthy been well-known because the basic potential to let so- ware improvement in info structures and information engineering. these days, conc- tual modeling has turn into primary to any area during which enterprises need to deal with advanced, real-world platforms. Conceptual modeling fosters communi- tion among info platforms builders and end-users, and it has develop into a key mechanism for realizing and representing computing platforms and environments of every kind, together with the hot e-applications and the data structures that help them. The foreign convention on Conceptual Modeling presents the premier - rum for proposing and discussing present study and purposes during which the - jor emphasis is on conceptual modeling. themes of curiosity span the total spectrum of conceptual modeling together with study and perform in components resembling theories of c- cepts and ontologies underlying conceptual modeling, equipment and instruments for devel- ing and speaking conceptual types, and strategies for reworking conc- tual types into potent implementations. additionally, new parts of conceptual mod- ing develop its program to incorporate interdependencies with knowledge-based, lo- cal, linguistic, and philosophical theories and techniques. The convention additionally makes significant strides in fostering collaboration and alternate among academia and undefined. during this year’s convention, examine papers concerned with XML, net prone, company modeling, conceptual modeling utilized to human-computer interplay, caliber in conceptual modeling, conceptual modeling utilized to interoperability, requisites modeling, reasoning, the Semantic net, and metadata administration. the decision for papers attracted 158 learn papers, whose authors characterize 27 assorted countries.