Conceptual Modeling Meets Domain Ontology Development: A Reconciliation

Domainontologiesandconceptualmodelssimilarlycaptureandrepresentconceptsfromthereal worldforinclusioninaninformationsystem.Thispaperexamineschallengesofconceptualmodeling anddomainontologydevelopmentwhenmappingtohigh-levelontologies.Theintentistoreconcile apparentdifferencesandpositionsomeoftheinherentchallengesintheseclosely-coupledareasof research,whileprovidinginsightsintorecognizingandresolvingmodelingdifficulties. KeywORDS Conceptual Model, Construct, Domain Ontology, Knowledge Representation, Mapping, Real World, Representation, Semantics

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