Engineering conceptual data models from domain ontologies: A critical evaluation

International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-70

  El Ghalayini, Haya ^a   Odeh, Mohammed ^a   McClatchey, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual modeling; Data model; Domain ontology; Ontological theories

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; DATA STRUCTURES; DATA WAREHOUSES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTICS;

CONCEPTUAL DATA MODELING; CONCEPTUAL DATA MODELS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DOMAIN ONTOLOGIES; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; ONTOLOGICAL THEORIES; QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE METHODS;

METADATA;

EID: 47649094523     PISSN: 15541045     EISSN: 15541053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jitwe.2007010105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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