Ontology transformation: from requirements to conceptual model

Abstract

Information systems are increasingly complex, especially in the enormous growth of the volume of data, different structures, different technologies, and the evolving requirements of the users. Consequently, current applications require an enormous effort of design and development. The fast-changing requirements are the main problem in creating and or modifying conceptual data models. To improve this process, we proposed to reuse already existing know ledge for conceptual modelling. In the paper, we have analysed reusable knowledge models. We present our method for creating conceptual models from various knowledge models.