ConceptModeller: a Graph-Based Semantic Modeling Tool for Building Enterprise Applications

The paper outlines semantic-oriented methodology of enterprise software development. The methodology provides integrated visual semantic-oriented enterprise software development and integration in globally distributed heterogeneous environment. The ConceptModeller CASE tool fills the gap between formal computer science models and software engineering practices. The toolkit transforms frame-based data model representation into UML diagrams and backwards, thus providing reverse engineering up to model level. ConceptModeller is implemented under component-oriented approach, and it features adapters for integration with state-of-the-art CASE tools. The object repository of ConceptModeller is an XML (meta)database. Software development phases, from initial conceptualization and formal modeling to target enterprise-level implementation, are overviewed.