sle2012/paper14

SLE 2012 paper:
A Common Foundational Theory for Bridging Two Levels in Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modeling

Giancarlo Guizzardi, Veruska Zamborlini

• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36089-3_17
• Original shorter version of Using a trope-based foundational ontology for bridging different areas of concern in ontology-driven conceptual modeling (SLE 2012 SI)
• T3E: Ontologies
  • The paper is centered on foundational ontologies and ontology-driven conceptual modeling (e.g., OntoUML, OWL).
• T1A: Design
  • It (re)designs a set of modeling primitives/guidelines grounded in an ontological theory, which is essentially language design work.
• T4B: Horizontal Transformation
  • A key part is mapping conceptual models to computational codification languages (e.g., OWL), i.e., cross-language conversion.

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