Formal Ontology, Patterns and Anti-Patterns for Next-Generation Conceptual Modeling

Towards ontological foundations for conceptual modeling: The unified foundational ontology (UFO) story

This paper describes a long-term research program on developing ontological foundations for conceptual modeling. This program, organized around the theoretical background of the foundational ontology UFO (Unified Foundational Ontology), aims at developing theories, methodologies and engineering tools with the goal of advancing conceptual modeling as a theoretically sound discipline but also one...

Ontological Patterns, Anti-Patterns and Pattern Languages for Next-Generation Conceptual Modeling

Ontological anti-patterns: empirically uncovered error-prone structures in ontology-driven conceptual models

The construction of large-scale reference conceptual models is a complex engineering activity. To develop high-quality models, a modeler must have the support of expressive engineering tools such as theoretically well-founded modeling languages and methodologies, patterns and anti-patterns and automated supporting environments. This paper proposes a set of Ontological Anti-Patterns for Ontology...

Anti-patterns in Ontology-driven Conceptual Modeling: The Case of Role Modeling in OntoUML

Detection, Simulation and Elimination of Semantic Anti-patterns in Ontology-Driven Conceptual Models

The construction of large-scale reference conceptual models is a complex engineering activity. To develop high-quality models, a modeler must have the support of expressive engineering tools such as theoretically well-founded modeling languages and methodologies, patterns and anti-patterns and automated support environments. This paper proposes Semantic Anti-Patterns for ontologydriven conceptu...