Form-and-fact based modeling
A conceptual data model for an information system specifies the fact structures of interest as well as the constraints and derivation rules that apply to the business domain being modeled. Fact-based modeling approaches provide rich graphical and textual languages for specifying conceptual data mode...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Teaching Resource |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2012
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/130/ http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/130/1/13.pdf |
| _version_ | 1848766401593999360 |
|---|---|
| author | Halpin, Terry Weber, Gerald |
| author_facet | Halpin, Terry Weber, Gerald |
| author_sort | Halpin, Terry |
| building | INTI Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | A conceptual data model for an information system specifies the fact structures of interest as well as the constraints and derivation rules that apply to the business domain being modeled. Fact-based modeling approaches provide rich graphical and textual languages for specifying conceptual data models, using attribute-free fact structures that enable models to be verbalized and populated in natural sentences that are easily understood by the domain experts best qualified to validate the models. Form-based modeling approaches offer a natural way for domain users to agree upon suitable user interfaces for interacting with the information system. This paper proposes a synthesis of the two approaches, in which prototype forms are used to seed the conceptual data model, which is then used to generate the final user interface. Semantic and practical aspects of form design are discussed, and screen transition diagrams are employed to help visualize and validate the underlying dynamic processes. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T11:50:34Z |
| format | Teaching Resource |
| id | intimal-130 |
| institution | INTI International University |
| institution_category | Local University |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T11:50:34Z |
| publishDate | 2012 |
| publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | intimal-1302016-04-06T10:14:25Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/130/ Form-and-fact based modeling Halpin, Terry Weber, Gerald QA76 Computer software A conceptual data model for an information system specifies the fact structures of interest as well as the constraints and derivation rules that apply to the business domain being modeled. Fact-based modeling approaches provide rich graphical and textual languages for specifying conceptual data models, using attribute-free fact structures that enable models to be verbalized and populated in natural sentences that are easily understood by the domain experts best qualified to validate the models. Form-based modeling approaches offer a natural way for domain users to agree upon suitable user interfaces for interacting with the information system. This paper proposes a synthesis of the two approaches, in which prototype forms are used to seed the conceptual data model, which is then used to generate the final user interface. Semantic and practical aspects of form design are discussed, and screen transition diagrams are employed to help visualize and validate the underlying dynamic processes. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012 Teaching Resource NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/130/1/13.pdf Halpin, Terry and Weber, Gerald (2012) Form-and-fact based modeling. [Teaching Resource] |
| spellingShingle | QA76 Computer software Halpin, Terry Weber, Gerald Form-and-fact based modeling |
| title | Form-and-fact based modeling |
| title_full | Form-and-fact based modeling |
| title_fullStr | Form-and-fact based modeling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Form-and-fact based modeling |
| title_short | Form-and-fact based modeling |
| title_sort | form-and-fact based modeling |
| topic | QA76 Computer software |
| url | http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/130/ http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/130/1/13.pdf |