Considering that there are many different syntactic and semantic theories, this article is concerned with entering enough information into a generic lexicon to provide each of these theories with what it needs to work. Providing information for different uses implies organizing that information into a hierarchy of pieces of information. The first part of the article is devoted to this question....

In this paper we introduce the ATLAS [Architecture and Tools for Linguistic Analysis Systems] architecture by describing how a proposed annotation task would be modeled using ATLAS concepts. We first present a brief motivation for this work and then move on to describe an example annotation task that will serve as the basis for this paper. Next we model the example task using ATLAS. We describe...

In this paper, we propose to investigate the equivalence between different meta-modeling formalisms, with the practical target of sharing experience on model engineering. Our experience, derived from the MétaGen project, is embodied by rule-based "value-adding" model transforms, written on a special form of the Entity/Relationship formalism as a meta-modeling framework. We propose a scheme by w...

A meta model specifies a particular visual modeling language. Aspect oriented modeling (AOM) needs meta models for aspect visual modeling to bridge the gap between the conceptual modeling of crosscut concerns and aspect oriented programming (AOP). Many researchers have proposed extensions of the UML towards graphical notations for aspects. However, notations without an underlying formal semanti...

A meta model specifies a particular visual modeling language. Aspect oriented modeling (AOM) needs meta models for aspect visual modeling to bridge the gap between crosscut concerns conceptual modeling and aspect oriented programming (AOP). Many researchers have proposed extensions of the UML towards graphical notations for aspects. However, notations without an underlying formal semantics and ...

The paper presents a framework for evaluating how well process modelling languages are suited for representing processes in distributed environments. The framework focuses on five main areas: Distribution, autonomy, heterogeneity, collaboration, and flexibility/evolution. The framework defines 21 quality metrics in the five main areas used to assess the ability to model processes in distributed...

Metamodeling systems are used to facilitate development of modeling systems. Each metamodeling system provides a metamodeling language that is used to specify modeling languages. The abstract syntax of a metamodeling language can be specified by using a meta-metamodel. In this paper, we discuss how to perform ontological analysis of metamodeling languages by using a foundational ontology. We in...

In this paper, numerical simulation of FRP composite cylinder tubes progressive crushing processes is conducted using LS-Dyna. Details on the numerical modeling strategy are given and discussed. It is found that triggers introduced in the numerical simulation can effectively model the bevel trigger at the end of the tubular specimens. It is also found that two-layer finite element model based o...