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There is a growing tendency and need in information systems to model applications using a number of different languages, with a subsequent integration of these models. One possibility would be to provide a mapping between each pair of these modelling languages. Alternatively, a core conceptual language could be used as a standard translation intermediary, thereby reducing the total mappings required from n2 to 2n. This language could be the centre of a CAiSE (computer aided information systems engineering) tool with a mapping provided between each modelling language and the core language. This idea corresponds to the ANSI proposal for the IRDS (Information Resource Dictionary System) conceptual schema. ANSI have proposed conceptual graphs as a normative language which corresponds to such a core language. This paper discusses some of the requirements of this normative language by examining the semantics provided by the NIAM language. The paper also proposes conceptual graph abstractions to provide direct equivalents to the NIAM constructs.
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Campbell, L., Creasy, P. (1993). A conceptual graphs approach to information systems design. In: Pfeiffer, H.D., Nagle, T.E. (eds) Conceptual Structures: Theory and Implementation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 754. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57454-9_4
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