The purpose of this book is to disseminate the research results and best practice from researchers and practitioners interested in and working on modeling methods and methodologies. Though the need for such studies is well recognized, there is a paucity of such research in the literature. What specifically distinguishes this book is that it looks at various research domains and areas such as enterprise, process, goal, object-orientation, data, requirements, ontology, and component modeling, to provide an overview of existing approaches and best practices in these conceptually closely-related fields. *Note: This book is part of a series entitled "Advanced Topics in Database Research".
| Preface | vi | |
| Section I | General Techniques for Comparing and Adapting Modeling Methods | |
| Chapter I. | Analyzing and Comparing Ontologies with Meta-Models | 1 |
| Chapter II. | Two Meta-Models for Object-Role Modeling | 17 |
| Chapter III. | Evaluating Conceptual Coherence in Multi-Modeling Techniques | 43 |
| Chapter IV. | Assessing Enterprise Modeling Languages Using a Generic Quality Framework | 63 |
| Chapter V. | An Approach for Evolution-Driven Method Engineering | 80 |
| Section II | Goal, Requirements, and Process Modeling | |
| Chapter VI. | Goal Modeling in Requirements Engineering: Analysis and Critique of Current Methods | 102 |
| Chapter VII. | An Empirical Investigation of Requirements Specification Languages: Detecting Defects While Formalizing Requirements | 125 |
| Chapter VIII. | Validating an Evaluation Framework for Requirements Engineering Tools | 148 |
| Chapter IX. | A Comparison of the FOOM and OPM Methodologies for User Comprehension of Analysis Specifications | 175 |
| Chapter X. | Participatory Development of Enterprise Process Models | 195 |
| Section III | Data, Ontology, and Component Modeling | |
| Chapter XI. | A Taxonomic Class Modeling Methodology for Object-Oriented Analysis | 216 |
| Chapter XII. | Comprehension of Hierarchical ER Diagrams Compared to Flat ER Diagrams | 241 |
| Chapter XIII. | Constraints on Conceptual Join Paths | 258 |
| Chapter XIV. | Using a Semiotic Framework for a Comparative Study of Ontology Languages and Tools | 278 |
| Chapter XV. | A Service-Oriented Component Modeling Approach | 300 |
| Chapter XVI. | Evaluation of Component-Based Development Methods | 323 |
| About the Authors | 344 | |
| Index | 354 |
Overview
The purpose of this book is to disseminate the research results and best practice from researchers and practitioners interested in and working on modeling methods and methodologies. Though the need for such studies is well recognized, there is a paucity of such research in the literature. What specifically distinguishes this book is that it looks at various research domains and areas such as enterprise, process, goal, object-orientation, data, requirements, ontology, and component modeling, to provide an overview...