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Towards an Ontology for Information Systems Development—A Contextual Approach

Towards an Ontology for Information Systems Development—A Contextual Approach

Mauri Leppänen
Copyright: © 2007 |Pages: 36
ISBN13: 9781599042893|ISBN10: 1599042894|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616927707|EISBN13: 9781599042916
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-289-3.ch001
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Leppänen, Mauri. "Towards an Ontology for Information Systems Development—A Contextual Approach." Contemporary Issues in Database Design and Information Systems Development, edited by Keng Siau, IGI Global, 2007, pp. 1-36. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-289-3.ch001

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Leppänen, M. (2007). Towards an Ontology for Information Systems Development—A Contextual Approach. In K. Siau (Ed.), Contemporary Issues in Database Design and Information Systems Development (pp. 1-36). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-289-3.ch001

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Leppänen, Mauri. "Towards an Ontology for Information Systems Development—A Contextual Approach." In Contemporary Issues in Database Design and Information Systems Development, edited by Keng Siau, 1-36. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2007. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-289-3.ch001

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Abstract

This chapter presents an ISD ontology, which aims to provide an integrated conceptualization of ISD through anchoring it upon a contextual approach. The ISD ontology is composed of concepts, relationships, and constraints referring to purposes, actors, actions, and objects of ISD. It is presented as a vocabulary with explicit definitions and in meta models in a UML-based ontology representation language. We believe that although not complete the ISD ontology can promote the achievement of a shared understanding of contextual aspects in ISD. It can be used to analyze and compare existing frameworks and meta models and as a groundwork for engineering new ISD methods, and parts thereof.

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