Ontological Distinctions between Means-End and Contribution Links in the i* Framework

R. Guizzardi-Silva Souza; Xavier Franch; G. Guizzardi; Roelf J. Wieringa

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-41924-9_39

Ontological Distinctions between Means-End and Contribution Links in the i* Framework

R. Guizzardi-Silva Souza, Xavier Franch, G. Guizzardi, Roelf J. Wieringa

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Abstract

The i* framework is a renowned Requirements Engineering approach. This work is part of an ongoing effort to provide ontological interpretations for the i* core concepts. With this, we aim at proposing a more uniform use of the language, in a way that it can be more easily learned by newcomers and more efficiently transferred to industry. Our approach is based on the application of a foundational ontology named UFO, which is used as a semantically coherent reference model to which the language should be isomorphic. In this paper, we focus on the Means-end and the Contribution links. We aim at presenting the community with some possible ontological interpretations of these links, aiming at promoting constructive debate and receiving feedback about the validity of our assumptions.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 32th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2013
Editors	Wilfred Ng, Veda C. Storey, Juan C. Trujillo
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Springer
Pages	463-470
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-41923-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41924-9_39
Publication status	Published - Nov 2013
Event	32th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2013 - Hong-Kong, China Duration: 11 Nov 2013 → 13 Nov 2013

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Volume	8217
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	32th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2013
Period	11/11/13 → 13/11/13
Other	November 11-13, 2013

Keywords

EWI-24508
METIS-302878
IR-89683
SCS-Services

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Guizzardi-Silva Souza, R., Franch, X., Guizzardi, G., & Wieringa, R. J. (2013). Ontological Distinctions between Means-End and Contribution Links in the i* Framework. In W. Ng, V. C. Storey, & J. C. Trujillo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2013 (pp. 463-470). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8217). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41924-9_39

Guizzardi-Silva Souza, R. ; Franch, Xavier ; Guizzardi, G. ; Wieringa, Roelf J. / Ontological Distinctions between Means-End and Contribution Links in the i* Framework. Proceedings of the 32th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2013. editor / Wilfred Ng ; Veda C. Storey ; Juan C. Trujillo. London : Springer, 2013. pp. 463-470 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Guizzardi-Silva Souza, R, Franch, X, Guizzardi, G & Wieringa, RJ 2013, Ontological Distinctions between Means-End and Contribution Links in the i* Framework. in W Ng, VC Storey & JC Trujillo (eds), Proceedings of the 32th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8217, Springer, London, pp. 463-470, 32th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2013, 11/11/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41924-9_39

Ontological Distinctions between Means-End and Contribution Links in the i* Framework. / Guizzardi-Silva Souza, R.; Franch, Xavier; Guizzardi, G.; Wieringa, Roelf J.

Proceedings of the 32th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2013. ed. / Wilfred Ng; Veda C. Storey; Juan C. Trujillo. London : Springer, 2013. p. 463-470 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8217).

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Guizzardi-Silva Souza R, Franch X, Guizzardi G, Wieringa RJ. Ontological Distinctions between Means-End and Contribution Links in the i* Framework. In Ng W, Storey VC, Trujillo JC, editors, Proceedings of the 32th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2013. London: Springer. 2013. p. 463-470. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41924-9_39