A framework for expressing semantic relationships between multiple information systems for cooperation

Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 253-277

  Castano, Silvana ^a   De Antonellis, Valeria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conceptual Modeling; Information System Analysis; Semantic Dictionary; Similarity Analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

CONCEPTUAL MODELS; INFORMATION SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SEMANTIC DICTIONARY;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032066396     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4379(98)00012-x     Document Type: Article

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