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It is claimed that Information Systems can be developed more easily, and can be used in a more natural way, by concentrating on the semantics of the application domain. This brief review paper presents a list of general features which characterize languages that can be used for this purpose (called “conceptual modeling languages”), and distinguish them from more traditional approaches to developing database-intensive application programs. The paper considers both programming languages and languages for specifying requirements, and includes discussion of the modeling of entities, activities, and of open issues.
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Borgida, A. (1986). Conceptual Modeling of Information Systems. In: Brodie, M.L., Mylopoulos, J. (eds) On Knowledge Base Management Systems. Topics in Information Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4980-1_36
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