%0 Journal Article %1 Aguilera2013 %A Aguilera, David %A Gómez, Cristina %A Olivé, Antoni %D 2013 %J Data & Knowledge Engineering %K UML identifier %N 0 %P -- %R http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.datak.2013.09.001 %T A complete set of guidelines for naming UML conceptual schema elements %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169023X13000852 %X Abstract We focus on the problem of naming conceptual schema elements in UML, which is faced by conceptual modelers every time they define a new element that requires a name. The problem is significant because in general there are many elements that require a name, and the names given have a strong influence on the understandability of that schema. We propose a guideline for every kind of element to which a conceptual modeler may give a name in UML. The guideline comprises the grammar form of the name and a pattern sentence. A name complies with our guideline if it has that form and the sentence generated from the pattern sentence is grammatically well-formed and semantically meaningful. The main novelty of our proposal is that it is (as far as we know) the first that provides a naming guideline for each kind of element of conceptual schemas in UML.

@article{Aguilera2013, abstract = {Abstract We focus on the problem of naming conceptual schema elements in UML, which is faced by conceptual modelers every time they define a new element that requires a name. The problem is significant because in general there are many elements that require a name, and the names given have a strong influence on the understandability of that schema. We propose a guideline for every kind of element to which a conceptual modeler may give a name in UML. The guideline comprises the grammar form of the name and a pattern sentence. A name complies with our guideline if it has that form and the sentence generated from the pattern sentence is grammatically well-formed and semantically meaningful. The main novelty of our proposal is that it is (as far as we know) the first that provides a naming guideline for each kind of element of conceptual schemas in UML.}, added-at = {2013-09-22T18:12:56.000+0200}, author = {Aguilera, David and G\'omez, Cristina and Oliv\'e, Antoni}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25c675ea6e72b0793255645d4df41cf20/sjbutler}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.datak.2013.09.001}, file = {:Aguilera 2013 Guidelines for naming UML.pdf:PDF}, interhash = {3380541943488afab2a2eeb5ddf632da}, intrahash = {5c675ea6e72b0793255645d4df41cf20}, issn = {0169-023X}, journal = {Data & Knowledge Engineering }, keywords = {UML identifier}, number = 0, pages = { -- }, timestamp = {2013-11-04T17:44:28.000+0100}, title = {A complete set of guidelines for naming {UML} conceptual schema elements }, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169023X13000852}, year = 2013 }