We map ORM into the SHOIN/OWL, which is the most common description logic in ontology engineering. As SHOIN/OWL is known to be a good compromise between expressiveness and computational complexity, this implies that the ORM constraints mapped in this paper are the constraints that are easier to...

This paper tackles two main disparities between conceptual data schemes and ontologies, which should be taken into account when (re)using conceptual data modeling techniques for building ontologies. Firstly, conceptual schemes are intended to be used during design phases and not at the run-time...

Techniques and issues for the characterisation of an object-field representation that includes notions of semantics and uncertainty are detailed. The purpose of this model is to allow users to capture objects in field with internally variable levels of uncertainty, to visualize users'...

The concept of an historical database is introduced as a tool formodelling the dynamic nature of some part of the real world. Just as first-orderlogic has been shown to be a useful formalism for expressing andunderstanding the underlying semantics of the relational database model,intensional...

Numerous proposals for extending the relational data model to incorporate the temporaldimension of data have appeared in the past several years. While most of thesehave been historical databases, incorporating in some fashion a valid time dimensionto the data model and the query languages,...

Fulfillment of the basic needs and expectations of the citizens in the democratic nations requires the establishment of Citizen Service Management (CSM) system. The contemporary CSM system enables us to work towards new portfolios of enterprise system solution such as change management and...