Conceptual Modeling--ER 2007 (Paperback)

Keynotes.- Modeling Workflow Patterns from First Principles.- Heart Modeling, Computational Physiology and the IUPS Physiome Project.- Conceptual Schemas and Ontologies for Database Access: Myths and Challenges.- Data Warehousing and Data Mining.- Multidimensional Data Modeling for Business Process Analysis.- Mining Hesitation Information by Vague Association Rules.- A Model Driven Modernization Approach for Automatically Deriving Multidimensional Models in Data Warehouses.- Design Methodologies and Tools.- Cost-Based Fragmentation for Distributed Complex Value Databases.- From Business Models to Service-Oriented Design: A Reference Catalog Approach.- Teaching a Schema Translator to Produce O/R Views.- Building a Tool for Cost-Based Design of Object-Oriented Database Schemas.- Information and Database Integration.- Generic Schema Mappings.- Relational Data Tailoring Through View Composition.- On the Discovery of Preferred Work Practice Through Business Process Variants.- Information Modelling Concepts and Ontologies.- Towards Automated Reasoning on ORM Schemes.- From Declarative to Imperative UML/OCL Operation Specifications.- An Ontological Metamodel of Classifiers and Its Application to Conceptual Modelling and Database Design.- Integrity Constraints.- Handling Inconsistency of Vague Relations with Functional Dependencies.- Querying Incomplete Data with Logic Programs: ER Strikes Back.- Prioritized Preferences and Choice Constraints.- Logical Foundations of Conceptual Modelling.- Reasoning over Extended ER Models.- On Order Dependencies for the Semantic Web.- Collection Type Constructors in Entity-Relationship Modeling.- Patterns and Conceptual Meta-modelling.- Schema Exchange: A Template-Based Approach to Data and Metadata Translation.- A Conceptual Modeling Methodology Based on Niches and Granularity.- As We May Link: A General Metamodel for Hypermedia Systems.- Requirements Elicitation.- A Goal Oriented Approach for Modeling and Analyzing Security Trade-Offs.- Rapid Business Process Discovery (R-BPD).- Ontology-Driven Business Modelling: Improving the Conceptual Representation of the REA Ontology.- A Comparison of Two Approaches to Safety Analysis Based on Use Cases.- Using Unified Modeling Language for Conceptual Modelling of Knowledge-Based Systems.- Tracing the Rationale Behind UML Model Change Through Argumentation.- Reuse and Reengineering.- Exploring Alternatives for Representing and Accessing Design Knowledge About Enterprise Integration.- Mining and Re-engineering Transactional Workflows for Reliable Executions.- Cross: An OWL Wrapper for Reasoning on Relational Databases.- Semi-structured Data and XML.- Augmenting Traditional Conceptual Models to Accommodate XML Structural Constructs.- VERT: A Semantic Approach for Content Search and Content Extraction in XML Query Processing.- A Conceptual Model for Multidimensional Analysis of Documents.- Web Information Systems and XML.- Automatic Hidden-Web Table Interpretation by Sibling Page Comparison.- A Fine-Grained XML Structural Comparison Approach.- Fine-Grained Compatibility and Replaceability Analysis of Timed Web Service Protocols.