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Heterogeneity in Model Management: A Meta Modeling Approach

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As models are always abstractions of reality, we often need multiple modeling perspectives for analysis. The interplay of such modeling perspectives can take many forms and plays a role both at the design level, and during the operation of information systems. Examples include viewpoint resolution in requirements management, mapping between conceptual and implementation design in databases, and the integration or interoperation of multiple data and media sources. Starting from early experiences with our now 20-year old ConceptBase implementation of the Telos language, we describe a logic-based conceptual modeling and model management approach to these issues, focusing on recent work which employs a generic meta model to facilitate mappings and transformations between heterogeneous model representations both at the schema and the data level.

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  1. RWTH Aachen University, Informatik 5, Ahornstr. 55, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Matthias Jarke & Christoph Quix

  2. Fraunhofer FIT, Schloss Birlinghoven, 53754, Sankt Augustin, Germany

    Matthias Jarke & Hans W. Nissen

  3. Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Betzdorfer Str.2, 50679, Köln, Germany

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  4. Tilburg University, The Netherlands

    Manfred A. Jeusfeld

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, 08855, Piscataway, NJ, USA

    Alexander T. Borgida

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Jarke, M., Jeusfeld, M.A., Nissen, H.W., Quix, C. (2009). Heterogeneity in Model Management: A Meta Modeling Approach. In: Borgida, A.T., Chaudhri, V.K., Giorgini, P., Yu, E.S. (eds) Conceptual Modeling: Foundations and Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5600. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02463-4_13

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