Transforming OntoUML into Alloy: towards conceptual model validation using a lightweight formal method

Bernardo Ferreira Bastos Braga1, João Paulo A. Almeida1, Giancarlo Guizzardi1, Alessander Botti Benevides1
1Ontology and Conceptual Modeling Research Group (NEMO), Computer Science Department, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitoria, ES, Brazil

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