Paper Info
Title
Representing Classes of Things and Properties in General in Conceptual Modelling: An Empirical Evaluation
Abstract
How classes of things and properties in general should be represented in conceptual models is a fundamental issue. For example, proponents of object-role modelling argue that no distinction should be made between the two constructs, whereas proponents of entity-relationship modelling argue the distinction is important but provide ambiguous guidelines about how the distinction should be made. In this paper, the authors use ontological theory and cognition theory to provide guidelines about how classification should be represented in conceptual models. The authors experimented to test whether clearly distinguishing between classes of things and properties in general enabled users of conceptual models to better understand a domain. They describe a cognitive processing study that examined whether clearly distinguishing between classes of things and properties in general impacts the cognitive behaviours of the users. The results support the use of ontologically sound representations of classes of things and properties in conceptual modelling.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.4018/jdm.2010040101
J. Database Manag.
Keywords
Field
DocType
property,entity relationship,ontology,entity,cognitive process,normalization,conceptual model
Information system,Ontology,Data mining,Conceptual model,Computer science,Cognition,Conceptual model (computer science)
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
21
2
1063-8016
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.46
22
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Graeme G. Shanks11345168.15
Daniel L. Moody21478202.42
Jasmina Nuredini3181.67
Daniel Tobin4202.45
Ron Weber5271.35