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activity for reducing or elirninating rninor differences between two or more concepts
which are already closely related to each other (lS009 1996, IS036 2002)
conceptual formalism
set of modeIling concepts used to describe a conceptual model (IS034 2002)
EXAMPLE
UML meta model, EXPRESS meta model
NOTE
One conceptual formalism can be expressed in several conceptual
schema languages.
conceptual model
model that defines concepts of a universe of discourse (IS034 2002)
NOTE
WeIl defined means that the definition is both necessary and sufficient, as everything that satisfies the definition is in the set and everything that does
not satisfY the definition is necessarily outside the set.
conceptualschema
formal schema of a conceptual model. (lS034 2002)
conceptual schema language
formal language based on a conceptual formalism for the purpose of representing
conceptual schemas (lS034 2002)
EXAMPLE
UML, EXPRESS, IDEFIX
NOTE
A conceptual schema language may be lexical or graphical. Several
conceptual schema languages can be based on the same conceptual formalism.
conformance
fulfilment ofspecified requirements (lS037 2000)
conformance assessment process
process for assessing the conformance of an implementation to a standard (lS037
2000)
conformance clause
clause defining what is necessary in order to meet the requirements of the standard
(lS0372000)
conformance quality level
threshold value or set of threshold values for data quality results used to determine
how weIl a dataset meets the criteria set forth in its product specification or user requirements (IS046 2001)
conformance testing
testing of a product to determine the extent to which the product is a conforming implementation (lS037 2000)
conformance test report