Table of Contents

From conceptual modeler to university president.- An Ontology for Database Design Automation.- Exploiting domain knowledge during the automated design of object-oriented databases.- Intelligent support for retrieval and synthesis of patterns for object-oriented design.- A conceptual development framework for temporal information systems.- Temporal features of class populations and attributes in conceptual models.- Managing schema evolution using a temporal object model.- Distributed object repositories: concepts and standards.- Extended SQL support for uncertain data.- Conceptual queries using ConQuer-II.- Transaction-based specification of database evolution.- Well-behaving rule systems for entity-relationship and object oriented models.- Behavior consistent refinement of object life cycles.- Activity flow: Towards incremental specification and flexible coordination of workflow activities.- Silver bullet shy on legacy mountain: When neat technology just doesn't work -or Miracles to save the realm: Faustian bargains or noble pursuits.- A multi-level architecture for representing enterprise data models.- Data model for customizing db schemas based on business policies.- Explaining conceptual models — An architecture and design principles.- Extending an object-oriented model: Multiple class objects.- Formal approach to metamodeling: A generic object-oriented perspective.- Associations and roles in object-oriented modeling.- Property covering: A powerful construct for schema derivations.- Inheritance graph hierarchy construction using rectangular decomposition of a binary relation and designer feedback.- Towards an object database approach for managing concept lattices.- An experience of integration of conceptual schemas in the Italian public administration.-Application-oriented design of behavior: A transformational approach using RADD.- A Java-based framework for processing distributed objects.- Fragmentation techniques for distributing object-oriented databases.- An agent based mobile system.- Is the future of conceptual modeling bleak or bright?.- Successful practices in developing a complex information model.- Resolving constraint conflicts in the integration of entity-relationship schemas.- A formal framework for er schema transformation.- A generative approach to database federation.- A virtual reality interface to an enterprise metadatabase.- A fully flexible CAME in a CASE environment.- A rapid development model for meta-CASE tool design.