Assessing the quality of conceptual models is key to ensure that conceptual models can be used effectively as a basis for understanding, agreement and construction of information systems. This paper proposes an approach to assess conceptual models defined in OntoUML by transforming these models into specifications in the logic-based language Alloy. These Alloy specifications include the modal axioms of the theory underlying OntoUML, allowing us to validate the modal meta-properties representing ontological commitments of the OntoUML types and relations.
['Alessander Botti Benevides', 'Giancarlo Guizzardi', 'Bernardo F. B. Braga', 'João Paulo A. Almeida']
Validating Modal Aspects of OntoUML Conceptual Models Using Automatically Generated Visual World Structures