Object-Role Modeling (ORM) is a framework for modeling and querying information at the conceptual level. It comes to support the design of large-scale industrial applications allowing the users to model easily the domain. The reasoning on a conceptual schema enables to automatically detect relevant formal properties, such as inconsistencies or redundancies that cause a degradation of the qualit...

Natural language-based conceptual modelling as well as the use of diagrams have been essential components of fact-oriented modelling from its inception. However, transforming natural language to its corresponding object-role modelling diagram, and vv., is not trivial. This is due to the more fundamental problem of the different underlying ontological commitments concerning positionalism of the ...

We are concerned with a core aspect of the processes of obtaining conceptual models. We view such processes as information gathering dialogues, in which strategies may be followed (possibly, imposed) in order to achieve certain modelling goals. Many goals and strategies for modelling can be distinguished, but the current discussion concerns meta-model driven strategies, aiming to fulfil modelli...

For conceptual information analysis, the Object-Role Modeling (ORM) approach is arguably more suitable than Entity Relationship Modeling and the class modeling technique within the Unified Modeling Language. Although ORM has been used for three decades, and now has industrial modeling tool support, it has no official, standard metamodel. Because of its extensive capability for expressing busine...

there is an inherently political activity in all transactions, therefore, it is considered as one of the constituent elements of the organizations and has attracted the attention of management researchers. although political behavior can have positive or negative consequences, much of the research focuses its dark side. this type of behavior creates a divisive and damaging work environment that...