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Modeling events as entities in object-oriented conceptual modeling languages

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Ruth RaventósAuthors Info & Claims

Data & Knowledge Engineering, Volume 58, Issue 3

Pages 243 - 262

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.datak.2005.07.002

Published: 01 September 2006 Publication History

Abstract

Most current conceptual modeling languages and methods do not model events as entities. We argue that, at least in object-oriented (O-O) languages, modeling events as entities provides substantial benefits. We show that a method for behavioral modeling that deals with event and entity types in a uniform way may yield better behavioral schemas. The proposed method makes extensive use of language constructs such as constraints, derived types, derivation rules, type specializations and operations, which are present in all complete O-O conceptual modeling languages. The method can be adapted to most O-O languages. In this paper we explain its adaptation to the UML.

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Index Terms

Modeling events as entities in object-oriented conceptual modeling languages
1. Information systems
  1. Data management systems
    1. Database design and models
      1. Data model extensions
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development techniques
      1. Object oriented development
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments
      1. Object oriented frameworks
    2. General programming languages
      1. Language types
        Object oriented languages

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Data & Knowledge Engineering Volume 58, Issue 3

Special issue: ER 2004

September 2006

279 pages

ISSN:0169-023X

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