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Overview
Over the last five to six years, ontology has received increased attention within the information systems field. Ontology provides a basis for evaluating, analyzing, and engineering business analysis methods. It is that type of theology that has allowed many organizations utilizing ontology to become more competitive within today's global environment. Business Systems Analysis with Ontologies examines, thoroughly, the area of ontologies. All aspects of ontologies are covered; analysis, evaluation, and engineering of business systems analysis methods. Readers are shown the world of ontologies through a number of research methods. For example, survey methodologies, case studies, experimental methodologies, analytical modeling, and field studies are all used within this book to help the reader understand the usefulness of ontologies. For nearly a decade the IS community has published vast amounts of publications about ontologies in the area of Business Systems Analysis. This book acts as a comprehensive summation of this increasingly popular research area.
Synopsis
The 13 contributions in this collection present a reflective meta- model of the object process model, an ontology-driven method for information systems development, a unified foundational ontology for business modeling, and an ontological analysis of reference models. Five of the 13 papers were previously published in a 2004 issue of Journal of database management, although the copyright fails to note this. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR