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A conceptual graphs approach to conceptual schema integration

1993
The design of complex information systems usually involves the production of a number of separate conceptual design modules. These are subsequently integrated to form a global information schema. The integration of these modules is a well-known problem area in database systems design.
Creasy, Peter, Ellis, Gerard
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Semantic integration of conceptual schemas

Data & Knowledge Engineering, 1997
Summary: Our goal is to work out an integration process which makes it possible to give a global design schema obtained from several schemas, each of them describing the same reality viewed in different ways, in order to obtain the fullest view. Problems and conflicts arise during the schema integration. They are due to the several ways of representing
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Health Promotion: A Conceptual Integration

American Journal of Health Promotion, 1986
The proposed conceptualization of health promotion is the product of a task group established at the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario, Canada. The task group was asked to recommend a framework which would guide the Foundation’s planning and operations in the areas of prevention and health promotion.
M S, Goodstadt   +2 more
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Understanding Timelines: Conceptual Metaphor and Conceptual Integration

Cognitive Semiotics, 2009
Abstract One of the most broadly investigated topics in the conceptual metaphor literature is the importance of spatial construals for thinking and talking about time. We address the relationship between conceptual metaphor theory (CMT) and conceptual integration theory (CIT) by exploring how people understand timelines - both as ...
Seana Coulson, Cristobal Pagan Canovas
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Conceptual Modeling for Data Integration

2009
The goal of data integration is to provide a uniform access to a set of heterogeneous data sources, freeing the user from the knowledge about where the data are, how they are stored, and how they can be accessed. One of the outcomes of the research work carried out on data integration in the last years is a clear architecture, comprising a global ...
Diego Calvanese   +4 more
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