Applying and extending a semantic foundation for role-related concepts in enterprise modelling

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-277

  Almeida, João Paulo A ^a   Guizzardi, Giancarlo ^a   Santos Jr , Paulo Sérgio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Actors; Conceptual modelling; Enterprise modelling; Object modelling; Roles

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; CORE SET; ENTERPRISE MODELLING; OBJECT MODELLING; SEMANTIC FOUNDATION;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SEMANTICS;

EID: 70449642684     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517570903046292     Document Type: Article

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