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Ontological Analyses Reconsidered - A Formal Approach

Ontological analyses have been used in numerous publications to compare existing modelling grammars with an Ontology. Each analysis showed certain deficits of the modelling grammar. Consequently, improvements to these modelling grammars have been proposed. Most ontological analyses, however, are not based on a sound theoretical framework. This theoretical lack renders the results of these analy...

A Reference Methodology for Conducting Ontological Analyses

The ontological analysis of conceptual modelling techniques is of increasing popularity. Related research did not only explore the ontological deficiencies of classical techniques such as ER or UML, but also business process modelling techniques such as ARIS or even Web services standards such as BPEL4WS. While the selected ontologies are reasonably mature, it is the actual process of an ontolo...

Toward more rigor in ontological analyses

Ontological analyses have been used in numerous publications to compare existing modelling grammars with an ontology. However, a sound theoretical research framework is still missing. Consequently, working with the results of such ontological analyses is theoretically questionable. The aim of the paper is threefold. Firstly, we want to contribute to such a theoretical research framework by form...

Greeting from the Chairman

An era, a remembrance, a greeting…

I do not wish to commemorate Professor Dagianti based solely on his scientific achievements. It would trivialize his memory. I wish you to remember him as a friend and mentor to all university cardiologists. I am old enough to remember him when he was full of strength and fighting spirit, when he used to discuss with his colleagues about the role of the newborn academic discipline of Cardiology...