An Ontology of Data Modelling Languages: A Study Using a Common-Sense Realistic Ontology

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Author(s): Simon K. Milton (University of Melbourne, Australia)and Ed Kazmierczak (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Copyright: 2004
Volume: 15
Issue: 2
Pages: 20
Source title: Journal of Database Management (JDM)
Editor(s)-in-Chief: Keng Siau (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2004040102

Keywords: Data Mining and Databases / Databases / Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science

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Data modelling languages are used in today’s information systems engineering environments. Many have a degree of hype surrounding their quality and applicability with narrow and specific justification often given in support of one over another. We want to more deeply understand the fundamental nature of data modelling languages. We thus propose a theory, based on ontology, that should allow us to understand, compare, evaluate, and strengthen data modelling languages. In this paper we present a method (conceptual evaluation) and its extension (conceptual comparison), as part of our theory. Our methods are largely independent of a specific ontology. We introduce Chisholm’s ontology and apply our methods to analyse some data modelling languages using it. We find a good degree of overlap between all of the data modelling languages analysed and the core concepts of Chisholm’s ontology, and conclude that the data modelling languages investigated reflect an ontology of commonsense-realism.

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