This volume contains a collection of the papers presented during the 1st International
ACM-L Workshop, which was held on November 8, 2006 during the 25th
International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2006, held November 6–9,
2006, in Tucson, Arizona, plus several invited papers. From 26 papers submitted
to the workshop, a total of 11 papers were selected for inclusion in this volume.
These papers plus the invited papers represent the current thinking in conceptual
modeling research.
To achieve the ACM-L goals, we need the participation of many research
groups with different skill sets. The active model can only be realized through
technology integration (e.g., AI, software engineering, information technology,
cognitive science, art and sciences, philosophy, etc.) and by combining related
modeling techniques. The current state of the art in conceptual modeling can
be used as the starting point. Modeling techniques will need to be combined to
model different characteristics of the world (e.g., temporal, multimedia, spatial,
cognitive, philosophical, historical, etc.) in a holistic and visualized manner.