Modeling of Linguistic Reference Schemes

When using natural language, people typically refer to individual things by using proper names or definite descriptions. Data modeling languages differ considerably in their support for such linguistic reference schemes. Understanding these differences is important for modeling reference schemes wit...

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Main Author: Halpin, Terry
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Published: IGI Global 2015
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description When using natural language, people typically refer to individual things by using proper names or definite descriptions. Data modeling languages differ considerably in their support for such linguistic reference schemes. Understanding these differences is important for modeling reference schemes within such languages and for transforming models from one language to another. This article provides a comparative review of reference scheme modeling within the Unified Modeling Language (version 2.5), the Barker dialect of Entity Relationship modeling, Object-Role Modeling (version 2), relational database modeling, and the Web Ontology Language (version 2.0). The author identifies which kinds of reference schemes can be captured within these languages as well as those reference schemes that cannot be. The author's analysis covers simple reference schemes, compound reference schemes, disjunctive reference and context-dependent reference schemes.
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spelling intimal-7612017-03-22T09:00:05Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/761/ Modeling of Linguistic Reference Schemes Halpin, Terry QA76 Computer software When using natural language, people typically refer to individual things by using proper names or definite descriptions. Data modeling languages differ considerably in their support for such linguistic reference schemes. Understanding these differences is important for modeling reference schemes within such languages and for transforming models from one language to another. This article provides a comparative review of reference scheme modeling within the Unified Modeling Language (version 2.5), the Barker dialect of Entity Relationship modeling, Object-Role Modeling (version 2), relational database modeling, and the Web Ontology Language (version 2.0). The author identifies which kinds of reference schemes can be captured within these languages as well as those reference schemes that cannot be. The author's analysis covers simple reference schemes, compound reference schemes, disjunctive reference and context-dependent reference schemes. IGI Global 2015 Article PeerReviewed Halpin, Terry (2015) Modeling of Linguistic Reference Schemes. International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design (IJISMD), 6 (4). pp. 1-23. ISSN 1947-8186 http://www.igi-global.com/article/modeling-of-linguistic-reference-schemes/142513 10.4018/IJISMD.2015100101
spellingShingle QA76 Computer software
Halpin, Terry
Modeling of Linguistic Reference Schemes
title Modeling of Linguistic Reference Schemes
title_full Modeling of Linguistic Reference Schemes
title_fullStr Modeling of Linguistic Reference Schemes
title_full_unstemmed Modeling of Linguistic Reference Schemes
title_short Modeling of Linguistic Reference Schemes
title_sort modeling of linguistic reference schemes
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url http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/761/
http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/761/
http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/761/