Application Research on Ontology in Conceptual Modeling
Yaning Wang · Computer Technology and Development · 2011
Conceptual modeling is the activity of creating models.Models that describe problems are independently from the technology and strategy used to solve the problem.In the past few decades,a large number of conceptual modeling methods and tools have emerged.Many theories such as ontology linguistics and cognitive science enhance the concept modeling theoretical basis.Ontology based conceptual modeling got full attention.In the article,ontology based theory of conceptual modeling,the role of ontology for conceptual model language and relationship between upper and domain ontology have been discussed.Ontology based conceptual modeling and consistency checking of the conceptual model have been also studied.