Towards Semantics for Abstractions in Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modeling

Elena Romanenko; Oliver Kutz; Diego Calvanese; Giancarlo Guizzardi

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-47112-4_19

Towards Semantics for Abstractions in Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modeling

Elena Romanenko^*
, Oliver Kutz
, Diego Calvanese
, Giancarlo Guizzardi

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Ontology-driven conceptual models are precise and semantically transparent domain descriptions that enable the development of information systems. As symbolic artefacts, such models are usually considered to be self-explanatory. However, the complexity of a system significantly correlates with the complexity of the conceptual model that describes it. Abstractions of both conceptual models and ontology-driven conceptual models are thus considered to be a promising way to improve the understandability and comprehensibility of those models. Although algorithms for providing abstractions of such models already exist, they still lack precisely formulated formal semantics. This paper aims to provide an approach towards the formalization of the abstraction process. We specify in first-order modal logic one of the graph-rewriting rules for ontology-driven conceptual model abstractions, in order to verify the correctness of the corresponding abstraction step. We also assess the entire network of abstractions of ontology-driven conceptual models and discuss existing drawbacks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Conceptual Modeling - ER 2023 Workshops, CMLS, CMOMM4FAIR, EmpER, JUSMOD, OntoCom, QUAMES, and SmartFood, Lisbon, Portugal, November 6-9, 2023, Proceedings
Editors	Tiago Prince Sales, João Araújo, José Borbinha, Giancarlo Guizzardi
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	199-209
Number of pages	11
Volume	14319
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-47112-4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-47111-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47112-4_19
Publication status	Published - 26 Oct 2023
Event	42nd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2023 - Congress Center of the Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 6 Nov 2023 → 9 Nov 2023 Conference number: 42 https://er2023.inesc-id.pt/

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	14319
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	42nd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2023
Abbreviated title	ER 2023
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	6/11/23 → 9/11/23
Internet address	https://er2023.inesc-id.pt/

Keywords

Semantics for abstractions
Abstractions of ontology-driven onceptual models
Networks of model abstractions
2024 OA procedure

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What Do I Get from Modeling? An Empirical Study on Using Structural Conceptual Models
Valle Sousa, I., Prince Sales, T., Guerra, E., Olavo Bonino da Silva Santos, L. & Guizzardi, G., 2024, Enterprise Design, Operations, and Computing: 27th International Conference, EDOC 2023, Groningen, The Netherlands, October 30 – November 3, 2023, Proceedings. Proper, H. A., Pufahl, L., Karastoyanova, D., van Sinderen, M. & Moreira, J. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 21-38 18 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 14367).
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A FAIR catalog of ontology-driven conceptual models
Sales, T. P., Barcelos, P. P. F., Fonseca, C. M., Souza, I. V., Romanenko, E., Bernabé, C. H., Bonino da Silva Santos, L. O., Fumagalli, M., Kritz, J., Almeida, J. P. A. & Guizzardi, G., Sept 2023, In: Data & knowledge engineering. 147, 102210.
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An ontology-based approach to engineering ethicality requirements
Guizzardi, R., Amaral, G., Guizzardi, G. & Mylopoulos, J., Dec 2023, In: Software and systems modeling. 22, 6, p. 1897-1923 27 p.
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Romanenko, E., Kutz, O., Calvanese, D., & Guizzardi, G. (2023). Towards Semantics for Abstractions in Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modeling. In T. P. Sales, J. Araújo, J. Borbinha, & G. Guizzardi (Eds.), Advances in Conceptual Modeling - ER 2023 Workshops, CMLS, CMOMM4FAIR, EmpER, JUSMOD, OntoCom, QUAMES, and SmartFood, Lisbon, Portugal, November 6-9, 2023, Proceedings (Vol. 14319, pp. 199-209). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 14319). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47112-4_19

Romanenko, Elena ; Kutz, Oliver ; Calvanese, Diego et al. / Towards Semantics for Abstractions in Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modeling. Advances in Conceptual Modeling - ER 2023 Workshops, CMLS, CMOMM4FAIR, EmpER, JUSMOD, OntoCom, QUAMES, and SmartFood, Lisbon, Portugal, November 6-9, 2023, Proceedings. editor / Tiago Prince Sales ; João Araújo ; José Borbinha ; Giancarlo Guizzardi. Vol. 14319 Switzerland : Springer, 2023. pp. 199-209 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Romanenko, E, Kutz, O, Calvanese, D & Guizzardi, G 2023, Towards Semantics for Abstractions in Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modeling. in TP Sales, J Araújo, J Borbinha & G Guizzardi (eds), Advances in Conceptual Modeling - ER 2023 Workshops, CMLS, CMOMM4FAIR, EmpER, JUSMOD, OntoCom, QUAMES, and SmartFood, Lisbon, Portugal, November 6-9, 2023, Proceedings. vol. 14319, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 14319, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 199-209, 42nd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2023, Lisbon, Portugal, 6/11/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47112-4_19

Towards Semantics for Abstractions in Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modeling. / Romanenko, Elena; Kutz, Oliver; Calvanese, Diego et al.
Advances in Conceptual Modeling - ER 2023 Workshops, CMLS, CMOMM4FAIR, EmpER, JUSMOD, OntoCom, QUAMES, and SmartFood, Lisbon, Portugal, November 6-9, 2023, Proceedings. ed. / Tiago Prince Sales; João Araújo; José Borbinha; Giancarlo Guizzardi. Vol. 14319 Switzerland: Springer, 2023. p. 199-209 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 14319).

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Romanenko E, Kutz O, Calvanese D, Guizzardi G. Towards Semantics for Abstractions in Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modeling. In Sales TP, Araújo J, Borbinha J, Guizzardi G, editors, Advances in Conceptual Modeling - ER 2023 Workshops, CMLS, CMOMM4FAIR, EmpER, JUSMOD, OntoCom, QUAMES, and SmartFood, Lisbon, Portugal, November 6-9, 2023, Proceedings. Vol. 14319. Switzerland: Springer. 2023. p. 199-209. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-47112-4_19

Towards Semantics for Abstractions in Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modeling

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What Do I Get from Modeling? An Empirical Study on Using Structural Conceptual Models

A FAIR catalog of ontology-driven conceptual models

An ontology-based approach to engineering ethicality requirements

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