Formalizing Linguistic Conventions for Conceptual Models
Becker, Jörg; Delfmann, Patrick; Herwig, Sebastian; Lis, Łukasz; Stein, Armin
Abstract
A precondition for the appropriate analysis of conceptual models is not only their syntactic correctness but also their semantic comparability. Assuring comparability is challenging especially when models are developed by different persons. Empirical studies show that such models can vary heavily, especially in model element naming, even if they express the same issue. In contrast to most ontology-driven approaches proposing the resolution of these differences ex-post, we introduce an approach that avoids naming differences in conceptual models already during modeling. Therefore we formalize naming conventions combining domain thesauri and phrase structures based on a lin-guistic grammar. This allows for guiding modelers automatically during the modeling process using standardized labels for model elements. Our approach is generic, making it applicable for any modeling language.
Keywords
Conceptual Modeling; Naming Conventions; Computational Linguistics
Cite as
Becker, J., Delfmann, P., Herwig, S., Lis, Ł., & Stein, A. (2009). Formalizing Linguistic Conventions for Conceptual Models. In Laender, A. H. F., Castano, S., Dayal, U., Casati, F., & de Oliverira, J. P. M. (Eds.),
Conceptual Modeling — ER 2009 28th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Gramado, Brazil, November 9-12, 2009. Proceedings (pp. 70–83). Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 5829. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.
Details
Publication type
Research article in proceedings (conference)
Peer reviewed
Yes
Publication status
Published
Year
2009
Conference
28th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2009)
Venue
Gramado
Journal
Lecture notes in computer science
Book title
Conceptual Modeling - ER 2009 28th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Gramado, Brazil, November 9-12, 2009. Proceedings
Editor
Laender, A. H. F.; Castano, S.; Dayal, U.; Casati, F.; de Oliverira, J. P. M.
Start page
70
End page
83
Volume
5829
Title of series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Place
Berlin, Heidelberg
Language
English
ISSN
0302-9743
ISBN
978-3-642-04839-5
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