Conceptual Modelling and Ontology: Possibilities and Pitfalls

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Conceptual Modelling and Ontology: Possibilities and Pitfalls

Ron Weber

Source Title: Journal of Database Management (JDM)14(3)

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Weber, Ron. "Conceptual Modelling and Ontology: Possibilities and Pitfalls." JDM vol.14, no.3 2003: pp.1-20. http://doi.org/10.4018/jdm.2003070101

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Conceptual modelling is an activity undertaken during information systems development work to build a representation of selected semantics about some real-world domain. Ontological theories have been developed to account for the structure and behavior of the real world in general. In this paper, I discuss why ontological theories can be used to inform conceptual modelling research, practice, and pedagogy. I provide examples from my research to illustrate how a particular ontological theory has enabled me to improve my understanding of certain conceptual modelling practices and grammars. I describe, also, how some colleagues and I have used this theory to generate several counter-intuitive, sometimes surprising predictions about widely advocated conceptual modelling practices — predictions that subsequently were supported in empirical research we undertook. Finally, I discuss several possibilities and pitfalls I perceive to be associated with our using ontological theories to underpin research on conceptual modelling.

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