Learning the differences between ontologies and conceptual schemas through ontology-driven information systems

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-142

  Fonseca, Frederico ^a   Martin, James ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual schemas; Modeling; Ontologies

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; USER PROFILE;

CONCEPTUAL SCHEMAS; DESIGN DEVELOPMENT; DESIGN USE; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; MODELING; ONTOLOGY'S; SYSTEMS MODELING APPROACH; TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS; USER VIEW;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 51449093619     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00114     Document Type: Review

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