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Conceptual Modeling Quality - From EER to UML Schemas Evaluation

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This exploratory research investigates the evaluation process of conceptual specifications developed using either Extended Entity-Relationship (EER) or Unified Modeling Language (UML) conceptual models. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive framework for evaluating EER and UML conceptual schemas. Furthermore, we define classes of metrics facilitating the evaluation process and leading to the choice of the appropriate representation among several schemas describing the same reality. Based on quality criteria proposed in the literature, we select a subset of criteria relevant to conceptual EER schema quality evaluation. For each criterion we define one or several metrics allowing the designer to measure the schema quality. We evaluate alternative EER conceptual schemas representing the same universe of discourse using the appropriate criteria and their associated metrics. Finally, we extrapolate this evaluation process to UML schemas. Following the development of our framework, we analyze a case study and provide evidence in the support of the usefulness of the framework.

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  1. Laboratoire CEDRIC-CNAM, 292 Rue Saint Martin, F-75141, Paris Cedex 03

    Samira Si-Said Cherfi

  2. Laboratoire CEDRIC-CNAM et INT, Paris

    Jacky Akoka

  3. Université de Cergy-Pontoise et ESSEC, Paris

    Isabelle Comyn-Wattiau

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  1. Database Laboratory, School of Computer and Communication Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Stefano Spaccapietra

  2. Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA

    Salvatore T. March

  3. Graduate School of Informatics, Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshida Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

    Yahiko Kambayashi

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Cherfi, S.SS., Akoka, J., Comyn-Wattiau, I. (2002). Conceptual Modeling Quality - From EER to UML Schemas Evaluation. In: Spaccapietra, S., March, S.T., Kambayashi, Y. (eds) Conceptual Modeling — ER 2002. ER 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2503. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45816-6_38

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