Conceptual Modeling – ER 2004: 23rd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Shanghai, China, November 8-12, 2004. ProceedingsAuthor: Paolo Atzeni, Wesley Chu, Hongjun Lu, Shuigeng Zhou, Tok-Wang Ling Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg ISBN: 978-3-540-23723-5 DOI: 10.1007/b101693Table of Contents:Entity Resolution: Overview and Challenges Towards a Statistically Semantic Web The Application and Prospect of Business Intelligence in Metallurgical Manufacturing Enterprises in China Conceptual Modelling – What and Why in Current Practice Entity-Relationship Modeling Re-revisited Modeling Functional Data Sources as Relations Roles as Entity Types: A Conceptual Modelling Pattern Modeling Default Induction with Conceptual Structures Reachability Problems in Entity-Relationship Schema Instances A Reference Methodology for Conducting Ontological Analyses Pruning Ontologies in the Development of Conceptual Schemas of Information Systems Definition of Events and Their Effects in Object-Oriented Conceptual Modeling Languages Enterprise Modeling with Conceptual XML Graphical Reasoning for Sets of Functional Dependencies ER-Based Software Sizing for Data-Intensive Systems Data Mapping Diagrams for Data Warehouse Design with UML Informational Scenarios for Data Warehouse Requirements Elicitation Extending UML for Designing Secure Data Warehouses Data Integration with Preferences Among Sources Resolving Schematic Discrepancy in the Integration of Entity-Relationship Schemas, Includes bibliographical references and index