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Conceptual Graphs and Metamodeling

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Conceptual Structures: Broadening the Base (ICCS 2001)

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Metamodeling is often identified as a key layer in the development of an information system because it formally defines the modeling primitives that will be used in subsequent modeling activities. We use the Conceptual Graph (CG) theory for illustration purposes. The simplicity of the CG notation and its flexibility to represent metalevel knowledge through the use of contexts makes it a serious contender for the representation of a metamodeling theory. Therefore, this paper presents a CG based metamodeling framework for the modeling of information systems.

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  1. HEC Montreal, 3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3T 2A7

    Olivier Gerbé

  2. Université Laval Québec, Québec, Canada, G1K 7P4

    Guy W. Mineau

  3. Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3J7

    Rudolf K. Keller

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  1. Computer Science Department, TH N-351, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 35899, USA

    Harry S. Delugach

  2. Institut für Angewandte Informatik und Formale Beschreibungsverfahren (AIFB), Universität Karlsruhe (TH), 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Gerd Stumme

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Gerbé, O., Mineau, G.W., Keller, R.K. (2001). Conceptual Graphs and Metamodeling. In: Delugach, H.S., Stumme, G. (eds) Conceptual Structures: Broadening the Base. ICCS 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2120. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44583-8_18

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