Reverse Engineering Ontology to Conceptual Data Models
<|reference_start|>Reverse Engineering Ontology to Conceptual Data Models: Ontologies facilitate the integration of heterogeneous data sources by resolving semantic heterogeneity between them. This research aims to study the possibility of generating a domain conceptual model from a given ontology with the vision to grow this generated conceptual data model into a global conceptual model integrating a number of existing data and information sources. Based on ontologically derived semantics of the BWW model, rules are identified that map elements of the ontology language (DAML+OIL) to domain conceptual model elements. This mapping is demonstrated using TAMBIS ontology. A significant corollary of this study is that it is possible to generate a domain conceptual model from a given ontology subject to validation that needs to be performed by the domain specialist before evolving this model into a global conceptual model.<|reference_end|>
@article{el-ghalayini2004reverse,
    title={Reverse Engineering Ontology to Conceptual Data Models},
    author={Haya El-Ghalayini, Mohammed Odeh, Richard McClatchey & Tony
  Solomonides},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0412036},
    year={2004},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={cs/0412036},
    primaryClass={cs.DC cs.DB}
}