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Conference at a Glance
Pre-Conference Tutorials
PT1: The Unified Modeling Language
Presented by
Scott N. Woodfield
(Brigham Young University, USA)
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PT2: Conceptual Modeling of Internet Sites
Presented by
Bernhard Thalheim
(Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus, Germany) and
Klaus-Dieter Schewe
(Massey University, New Zealand)
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Keynote Speakers
K1: Generic Model Management -- Why We Need It and How to Get There
Philip A.
Bernstein
Microsoft Research
USA
Despite 30 years of research on database support for modeling,
applications and tools that manipulate discrete models remain
complicated and hard to build. To improve this situation by an order of
magnitude, a much higher level application programming interface is
needed. We present a vision for such an interface -- a generic framework
in which models and mappings are first-class objects supported by high
level algebraic operations. We describe tractable steps to validate the
approach and to produce useful results soon as well as many hard
problems that a full realization of the vision must ultimately solve.
K2: Reflections on Computer Science and Information Systems Research
Salvatore T. March
David K. Wilson Professor of Management
Owen Graduate School of Management
Vanderbilt University
USA
Computer and related information and communication technologies have
profoundly affected the shape of modern society. Shepherding the creation
and utilization of effective and efficient computational technologies are
the joint tasks of Computer Science and Information Systems researchers.
Their realm is to understand and explicate the nature of those technologies
and how and why they come into existence. This knowledge forms the
foundation of theories to explain and, hopefully, to predict their impacts
on individuals, groups, organizations, and society as a whole. The very
creation of an innovative technology focused on a specific problem in a
specific context can have far reaching effects, completely unpredicted and
unintended by the innovator. We argue that researchers in Computer Science
and Information Systems must be cognizant of the broader implications of
their work and encourage their interaction with practitioners and
researchers in a variety of disciplines to identify fruitful areas of
scientific inquiry.
K3: From Entities and Relationships to Social Actors and Dependencies
John
Mylopoulos
University of Toronto
Canada
Modeling social settings is becoming an increasingly important
activity in software development and other conceptual modeling
applications. In this presentation, we review i*,
a conceptual model specifically intended for representing social
settings. Then, we introduce Tropos, a formal language founded on the
primitive concepts of i*, and demonstrate its expressiveness
through examples. Finally, we give an overview of a project which
uses Tropos to support software development from early requirements
analysis to detailed design.
Research Papers
R1: Database Integration
Session Chair: Paul Johannesson (Stockholm University, Sweden)
A Pragmatic Method for the Integration of Higher-Order
Entity-Relationship Schemata
Thomas Lehmann (Volkswagen AG, Germany) and
Klaus-Dieter Schewe (Massey University, New Zealand)
Explicit Modeling of the Semantics of Large Multi-layered Object-Oriented Databases
Christoph Koch, Zsolt Kovacs, Jean-Marie Le Goff (CERN, Switzerland),
Richard McClatchey (Univ. West of England, UK),
Paolo Petta (Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Austria),
and
Tony Solomonides (Univ. West of England, UK)
Declarative Mediation in Distributed Systems
Sergey Melnik (Stanford University, USA)
R2: Temporal and Active Database Modeling
Session Chair: Jose Palazzo Moreira de Oliveira
(Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Temporal Constraints for Object Migration and Behavior Modeling Using
Colored Petri Nets
Hideki Sato (Aichi Gakusen University, Japan) and
Akifumi Makinouchi (Kyushu University, Japan)
SQLST: A Spatio-Temporal Data Model and Query Language
Cindy Xinmin Chen and Carlo Zaniolo
(University of California at Los Angeles, USA)
TBE: Trigger-By-Example
Dongwon Lee, Wenlei Mau, and Wesley W. Chu
(University of California at Los Angeles, USA)
R3: Database and Data Warehouse Design Techniques
Session Chair: Ee-Peng Lim (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Decomposition by Pivoting and Path Cardinality Constraints
Sven Hartmann (Universität Rostock, Germany)
IS=DBS+Interaction: Towards Principles of Information System Design
Dina Goldin (University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA),
Srinath Srinivasa and Bernhard Thalheim
(Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus, Germany)
A Viewpoint-Based Framework for Discussing the Use
of Multiple Modelling Representations
Nigel Stanger (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Practical Approach to Designing Data Warehouse Views Using Data Dependencies
Gillian Dobbie and Tok Wang Ling (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
R4: Analysis Patterns and Ontologies
Session Chair: Renate Motschnig (University of Vienna, Austria)
Semantic Analysis Patterns
Eduardo B. Fernandez and Xiaohong Yuan
(Florida Atlantic University, USA)
Tool Support for Reuse of Analysis Patterns -- A Case Study
Petia Wohed
(Stockholm University/Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Ontological Analysis of Taxonomic Relationships
Nicola Guarino (LADSEB/CNR, Italy) and
Christopher Welty (Vassar College, USA)
R5: Web-based Information Systems
Session Chair:
Klaus-Dieter Schewe (Massey University, New Zealand)
A Conceptual Model for the Web
Mengchi Liu (University of Regina, Canada)
and Tok Wang Ling (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Adapting Materialized Views after Redefinition in Distributed Environments
Zohra Bellahsene (LIRMM, France)
On Warehousing Historical Web Information
Yinyan Cao, Ee-Peng Lim, and Wee-Keong Ng
(Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
R6: Business Process Modeling
Session Chair: Roger H.L. Chiang (University of Cincinnati, USA)
On Business Process Model Transformations
Wasim Sadiq and Maria E. Orlowska
(The University of Queensland, Australia)
Towards Use Case and Conceptual Models through Business Modeling
Jesus García, M. José Ortin, Begoña Moros, Joaquin Nicolas,
and Ambrosio Toval
(Universidad de Murcia, Spain)
A Conceptual Modeling Framework for Multi-Agent Information Systems
Ricardo Melo Bastos
(Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil),
and José Palazzo Moreira de Oliveira
(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
R7: Conceptual Modeling and XML
Session Chair: Tok Wang Ling
(National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Object Role Modelling and XML-Schema
Linda Bird, Andrew Goodchild, and Terry Halpin
Linda Bird, Andrew Goodchild (The University of Queensland, Australia),
and Terry Halpin (Microsoft Corporation, USA)
Constraints-Preserving Transformation from XML Document Type Definition
to Relational Schema
Dongwon Lee and Wesley W. Chu
(University of California at Los Angeles, USA)
X-Ray: Towards Integrating XML and Relational Database Systems
Gerti Kappel, Elisabeth Kapsammer, Stefan Rausch-Schott,
and Werner Retschitzegger (University of Linz, Austria)
R8: Engineering and Multimedia Application Modeling
Session Chair: Wesley Chu (University of California at Los Angeles, USA)
A Conceptual Model for Remote Data Acquisition Systems
Txomin Nieva and Alain Wegmann
(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland)
A Modeling Language for Design Processes in Chemical Engineering
Markus Eggersmann, Claudia Krobb, and Wolfgang Marquardt
(RWTH Aachen, Germany)
VideoGraph: A Graphical Object-based Model for Representing
and Querying Video Data
Duc A. Tran, Kien A. Hua, and Khanh Vu
(University of Central Florida, USA)
R9: Object-Oriented Modeling
Session Chair: Jacky Akoka (CNAM, France)
Object-Oriented Modelling In Practice:
Class Model Perceptions In The ERM Context
Steve Hitchman (Marlborough Stirling PLC, UK)
ROVER: A Framework for the Evolution of Relationships
Kajal T. Claypool, Elke A. Rundensteiner,
and George T. Heineman
(Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Improving the Reuse Possibilities of the Behavioral Aspects of
Object-Oriented Domain Models
Monique Snoeck and Geert Poels
(Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
R10: Applying Object-Oriented Technology
Session Chair: Stefano Spaccapietra
(Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Algebraic Database Migration to Object Technology
Andreas Behm, Andreas Geppert, and Klaus R. Dittrich
(University of Zurich, Switzerland)
A Layered Software Specification Architecture
Monique Snoeck, Stephan Poelmans, and Guido Dedene
(Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
A Reuse-Based Object-Oriented Framework towards Easy Formulation of
Complex Queries
Chabane Oussalah and Abdelhak Seriai
(Université de Nantes, France)
R11: Quality in Conceptual Modeling
Session Chair: Sumit Sarkar (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
Evaluating the Quality of Reference Models
Vojislav B. Misic
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong) and
J. Leon Zhao (University of Arizona, USA)
Measures for Assessing Dynamic Complexity Aspects
of Object-Oriented Conceptual Schemes
Geert Poels and Guido Dedene
(Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
Measuring the Quality of Entity Relationship Diagrams
Marcela Genero Bocco, Luis Jimémez Linares, and Mario Piattini Velthuis
(University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
R12: Application Design Using UML
Session Chair: Bernhard Thalheim
(Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus, Germany)
Behavior Consistent Inheritance in UML
Markus Stumptner (Technische Universität Wien, Austria),
and Michael Schrefl (University of South Australia, Australia)
The Viewpoint Abstraction in Object-Oriented Modeling and the UML
Renate Motschnig-Pitrik (University of Vienna, Austria)
XML Conceptual Modeling Using UML
Rainer Conrad, Dieter Scheffner, and J. Christoph Freytag
(Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
Conference Tutorials
T1: Utilizing Ontologies in eCommerce
Presented by
Avigdor Gal
(Rutgers University, USA)
Session Chair: Mengchi Liu (University of Regina, Canada)
T2: Conceptual Modeling for Multimedia Applications and the Role of
MPEG-7 Standards
Presented by
Uma Srinivasan
(CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, Australia)
and
John R. Smith
(IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA)
Session Chair: Roelof van Zwol (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
T3: Logical Design for Data Warehousing
Presented by
Il-Yeol Song
(Drexel University, USA)
Session Chair: Silvana Castano (University of Milano, Italy)
T4: Application and Process Integration
Presented by
Benkt Wangler
(University of Skövde, Sweden) and
Paul Johannesson
(Stockholm University, Sweden)
Session Chair: Il-Yoel Song (Drexel University, USA)
Industrial Papers
I1: DAMA Industrial Session I
Session Chair: Kathi Hogshead Davis (Northern Illinois University, USA)
Advanced Data Model Patterns
David C. Hay (Essential Strategies, Inc., USA)
The Role of Information Resource Management in Managing a Corporate Portal
Arvind Shah (Performance Development Corporation, USA)
I2: DAMA Industrial Session II
Session Chair: Terry Halpin (Microsoft Corporation, USA)
The Five-Tier Five-Schema Concept
Michael H. Brackett (Data Resource Design & Remodeling, USA)
Documenting Meta Data Transformations
Alex Friedgan (Data Cartography, USA)
I3: DAMA Industrial Session III
Session Chair: Michael H. Brackett
(Data Resource Design & Remodeling, USA)
Metadata Engineering for Corporate Portals using XML
Peter Aiken (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA) and
Kathi Hogshead Davis (Northern Illinois University, USA)
Information Quality at Every Stage of the Information Chain
Elaine Stricklett (Acton Burnel, Inc., USA)
I4: Industrial Session IV
Session Chair: David C. Hay (Essential Strategies, Inc., USA)
A Fact-Oriented Approach to Business Rules
Terry Halpin (Microsoft Corporation, USA)
Personalized Digests of Sports Programs Using Intuitive Retrieval and
Semantic Analysis
Takako Hashimoto, Yukari Shirota, Atsushi Iizawa,
and Hideko Kunii (Ricoh Company, Ltd., Japan)
Workshop on Conceptual Modeling Approaches for E-Business (eCOMO)
E1: Modeling Approaches
Session Chair: Heinrich C. Mayr (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
Towards Ontology-based Harmonization of Web Content Standards
Nicola Guarino
(LADSEB-CNR, Italy), Christopher Welty
(Vassar College, USA), and
Christopher Partridge
(LADSEB-CNR, Italy)
The M*-Complex Approach to Enterprise Modeling, Engineering and Integration
Giuseppe Berio and Antonio di Leva
(University of Torino, Italy)
Conceptual Design of Electronic Product Catalogs Using Object-Oriented
Hypermedia Modeling Techniques
Cristina Cachero, Jaime Gómez, and Oscar Pastor
(University of Alicante, Spain)
E2: Modeling E-Business Processes and Workflow Markets
Session Chair: Christian Kop (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
Generic Linear Business Process Modeling
Guido Schimm
(OFFIS, Germany)
Business Modelling is not Process Modelling
Jaap Gordijn, Hans Akkermans, and Hans van Vliet
(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Modeling Electronic Workflow Markets
Andreas Geppert
(University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Workshop on the Web and Conceptual Modeling (WCM)
W1: Web Application Modeling I
Session Chair: Oscar Pastor (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)
Building Multi-Device, Content-Centric Applications Using WebML
and W3I3 Tool Suite
A. Bonifati, S. Ceri, P. Fraternali, and A. Maurino
(Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Abstraction and Reuse Mechanisms in Web Application Models
Gustavo Rossi, Daniel Schwabe, and Fernando Lyardet
(PUC-Rio, Brazil)
From Web Sites to Web Applications: New Issues for Conceptual Modeling
Luciano Baresi, Franca Garzotto, and Paolo Paolini
(Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
W2: Web Application Modeling II
Session Chair: Il-Yeol Song (Drexel University, USA)
Using Webspaces to Model Document Collections on the Web
Roelof van Zwol and Peter M.G. Apers
(University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Modeling Interactions and Navigation in Web Applications
Natacha Güell and Daniel Schwabe
(PUC-Rio, Brazil), and Patricia Vilain
(PUC-Rio and UFSC, Brazil)
A Comprehensive Methodological Approach to the Development of
Web-based Information Systems
Silvana Castano
(University of Milano, Italy),
Luigi Palopoli (University of Calabria, Italy), and
Riccardo Torlone (University of Roma Tre, Italy)
W3: Managing and Querying Web Data and Metadata
Session Chair: Daniel Schwabe (PUC-RIO, Brazil)
Managing RDF Metadata for Community Webs
S. Alexaki, V. Christophides, G. Karvounarakis, and D. Plexousakis (ICS-FORTH, Greece)
K. Tolle (University of Hannover, Germany)
B. Amann, I. Fundulaki, M. Scholl, and A.M. Vercoustre
(INRIA, France)
An Example-Based Environment for Wrapper Generation
Paulo B. Golgher, Alberto H.F. Laender, and Altigran S. da Silva
(Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Flexible Category Structure for Supporting WWW Retrieval
Yoshiaki Takata, Kokoro Nakagawa, and Hiroyuki Seki
(Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Panels
P1: E-Modeling: a Must? a Business? or a First Step to Bankruptcy?
Moderator: Heinrich C. Mayr (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
Panelists: TBA
P2: Metadata: Adding Value to Content
Moderator: Joachim W. Schmidt
(Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Germany)
Panelists: TBA
