Advances in Conceptual Modeling : ER 2021 Workshops CoMoNoS, EmpER, CMLS St. John's, NL, Canada, October 18–21, 2021, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of three workshops symposia, held at the 40th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2021, which were held virtually and in St. John’s, NL, Canada, in October 2021. The 11 papers promote and disseminate research on theories of concepts underlying conceptual modeling, methods and tools for developing and communicating conceptual models, techniques for transforming conceptual models into effective implementations, and the impact of conceptual modeling techniques on databases, business strategies and information systems. The following workshops are included in this volume: Second Workshop on Conceptual Modeling for NoSQL Data Stores (CoMoNoS); 4th International Workshop on Empirical Methods in Conceptual Modeling (EmpER); and Second International Workshop on Conceptual Modeling for Life Sciences (CMLS). Preface ER 2021 Conference Organization ER 2021 Workshop Organization ER 2021 Workshop Program Committees Contents Conceptual Modeling for NoSQL Data Stores (CoMoNoS) 2021 CoMoNoS 2021 Preface Mapping Multidimensional Schemas to Property Graph Models 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 Motivating Example, Meta-models, and Instantiation 3.1 Motivating Example 3.2 Source Multidimensional Meta-model and Instantiation 3.3 Property Graph Meta-model 4 Our Mapping Approach 4.1 Multidimensional Schema Specification 4.2 Transformation Rules 4.3 Application of the Approach to the Motivating Example 5 Validation of the Approach 6 Conclusion and Future Research References Designing Document Databases: A Comprehensive Requirements Perspective 1 Introduction 2 Basics of Document Databases 3 Related Work 4 The Requirement-Based Document Database Design Method 4.1 The IMDb Example 4.2 Transformation Rules 5 Summary and Future Work References An Integrated Approach for Column-Oriented Database Application Evolution Using Conceptual Models 1 Introduction 2 Motivation 3 Evolution Procedure 4 Conclusion and Future Work References Athena: A Database-Independent Schema Definition Language 1 Introduction 2 U-Schema: A Unified Data Model 3 The Athena Language 3.1 Requirements 3.2 Syntax and Semantics 3.3 Implementation 4 Applications of Athena 5 Related Work 6 Conclusions and Future Work References Empirical Methods in Conceptual Modeling (EmpER) 2021 EmpER 2021 Preface Articulating Conceptual Modeling Research Contributions 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 The Framework 3.1 Characterizing Research Contributions 4 Evaluating the Framework 4.1 Evaluating Framework Components 4.2 Evaluating Use of the Framework 4.3 Discussion 5 Conclusion References Inter-Generational Family Reconstitution with Enriched Ontologies 1 Introduction 2 Ontological Enrichments 2.1 Linguistic Grounding 2.2 Pragmatic Constraints 2.3 Cultural Normatives 2.4 Evidential Reasoning 3 Field Experiments 4 Concluding Remarks References Towards AI Assisted Domain Modeling 1 Introduction 2 Understanding Domain Modeling 3 Supporting Domain Modeling 4 Towards AI Support 5 A Potential Role for Symbolic AI 6 A Potential Role for Subsymbolic AI 7 Conclusion References Conceptual Modeling for Life Sciences (CMLS) 2021 En The Notion of “System” as a Core Conceptual Modeling Construct for Life Sciences 1 Introduction 2 Background: Taking the System for Granted 3 Rethinking the Nature of Systems in Conceptual Modeling 4 Case of Modeling with Systems in Life Sciences 5 Discussion: Systemism for Life Sciences 6 Conclusions References Characterization and Treatment of the Temporal Dimension of Genomic Variations: A Conceptual Model-Based Approach 1 Introduction 2 Motivation 3 Definition of the Context 3.1 The SILE Method 3.2 The DELFOS Oracle 4 Characterizing the Temporal Dimension 4.1 Variability over Time 4.2 The Solution 5 Discussion 6 Conclusions References Extension of the Genomic Conceptual Model to Integrate Genome-Wide Association Studies 1 Introduction 2 Related Works 3 Background 4 Data Design 5 The Case of ``traitName'' 6 Datasets Interoperability 7 Conclusions References Design of an Adaptable mHealth System Supporting a Psycho-educational Program for Pregnant Women with SGA Foetuses 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 Methodology 4 Analysis 4.1 Task Model 4.2 Properties 5 mPOP Design 5.1 System Model 5.2 Vivembarazo App 5.3 Preliminary Results 6 Conclusions and Future Work References Author Index