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International Conference on Conceptual Modeling

ER 2008: Conceptual Modeling - ER 2008 pp 142–153Cite as

Quality Patterns for Conceptual Modelling

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Abstract

Patterns have generated a large interest during last years. In software engineering, a pattern is a reusable solution based on the capitalization of well known and agreed practices. The role of a pattern is to speed up development process. The aim of this paper is twofold: it first proposes a concept of quality pattern. The latter is used to structure and to package predefined solutions for evaluation of conceptual modelling quality. The second contribution is related to the combination of two concepts, namely quality patterns and design patterns in a three-step process aiming at i) guiding the quality evaluation by the use of quality patterns, ii) helping designers improve conceptual models using design patterns, iii) evaluating the improvement by quality measurement.

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

    Samira Si-Saïd Cherfi

  2. CEDRIC-CNAM and ESSEC Business School, France

    Isabelle Comyn-Wattiau

  3. CEDRIC-CNAM and INT, France

    Jacky Akoka

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  1. Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

    Qing Li

  2. EPFL-IC-IIF-LBD, Station 14 - INJ 236, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

    Stefano Spaccapietra

  3. Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 140 St. George Street, M5S 3G6, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Eric Yu

  4. Universitat Politècnica Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034, Barcelona, Spain

    Antoni Olivé

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Cherfi, S.SS., Comyn-Wattiau, I., Akoka, J. (2008). Quality Patterns for Conceptual Modelling. In: Li, Q., Spaccapietra, S., Yu, E., Olivé, A. (eds) Conceptual Modeling - ER 2008. ER 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5231. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87877-3_12

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