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Towards an Ontology for Information Systems Development—A Contextual Approach

Mauri Leppänen

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VocabularyKnowledge managementConceptualizationbusiness.industryComputer scienceSuitemedia_common.quotation_subjectOntology (information science)Database designWorld Wide WebUnified Modeling LanguagePublishingInformation systembusinesscomputermedia_commoncomputer.programming_language

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This chapter presents an ISD ontology, which aims to provide an integrated conceptualization of ISD through anchoring it upon a contextual approach. The ISD ontology is composed of concepts, relationships, and constraints referring to purposes, actors, actions, and objects of ISD. It is presented as a vocabulary with explicit definitions and in meta models in a UML-based ontology representation language. We believe that although not complete the ISD ontology can promote the achievement of a shared understanding of contextual aspects in ISD. It can be used to analyze and compare existing frameworks and meta models and as a groundwork for engineering new ISD methods, and parts thereof. IGI PUBLISHING This paper appears in the publication, Contemporary Issues in Database Design and Information Systems Development edited by Keng Siau © 2007, IGI Global 701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Suite 200, Hershey PA 17033-1240, USA Tel: 717/533-8845; Fax 717/533-8661; URL-http://www.igi-pub.com ITB14659

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2007-01-01
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-289-3.ch001