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Interoperable Management of Conceptual Models

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Conceptual Modelling in Information Systems Engineering

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The paper reviews a line of conceptual-modelling research that originated in Arne Sølvberg’s Information Systems Group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in the 1980-ies. The line of research has since produced results such as facet modelling, ontological analyses and evaluations of modelling languages and a template-based approach to modelling-construct description. Currently, focus is on developing a revised version of the Unified Enterprise Modelling Language (UEML). Finally, the paper offers paths for further work.

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  1. University of Bergen, Norway

    Andreas L. Opdahl

  2. Norwegian University of Technology and Science, Trondheim, Norway

    Guttorm Sindre

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  1. NTNU and SINTEF, Sem Sælandsvei 7-9, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    John Krogstie

  2. Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen, Fosswinckelsgate 6, 5007, Bergen, Norway

    Andreas Lothe Opdahl

  3. Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Universiteit Utrecht, Centrumgebouw Noord, office B229 Padualaan 14, De Uithof, 3584CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Sjaak Brinkkemper

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Opdahl, A.L., Sindre, G. (2007). Interoperable Management of Conceptual Models. In: Krogstie, J., Opdahl, A.L., Brinkkemper, S. (eds) Conceptual Modelling in Information Systems Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72677-7_5

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