Conceptual modeling is an important part of information systems development and use that
involves identifying and representing relevant aspects of reality. Although the past decades …

This expert voice paper presents a comprehensive rationale of multi-level modeling. It aims
not only at a systematic assessment of its prospects, but also at encouraging applications of …

In many important subject domains, there are central real-world phenomena that span
across multiple classification levels. In these subject domains, besides having the traditional …

Abstract The Unified Foundational Ontology (UFO) has been used to provide foundations for
the major conceptual modeling constructs. So far, UFO has reflected a view in which domain …

Subject domains are often conceptualized with entities stratified into a rigid two-level
structure: a level of classes and a level of individuals which instantiate these classes. Multi …

Multi-level modelling promotes flexibility in modelling by enabling the use of several meta-
levels instead of just two, as is the case in mainstream two-level modelling approaches …

Multi-level modeling extends the conventional two-level classification scheme to deal with
subject domains in which classes are also considered instances of other classes. In the past …

Abstract Model driven Engineering (MDE) advocates the active use of models throughout
the different software development phases. In MDE, models are described using meta …

Enterprise models have the potential to constitute a valuable asset for organizations, eg, in
terms of enabling a variety of analyses or by fostering cross-organizational communication …

Telos is a conceptual modeling language intended to capture software knowledge, such as
software system requirements, domain knowledge, architectures, design decisions and …