Conceptual Modeling and Specification Everyone involved in modeling speaks about semantic modeling. As such, all vendors claim that they produce a semantic model. However, few actually do so, or at least they provide limited semantics in that they only relate to the relationships between entities. Further, the semantics in the model are then repeated in the specification making the specification and model two distinct steps. It would be highly desirable to capture both the conceptual model and specification, thereby having only one step.
Objects assert that something exists.
Without objects we have nothing to talk about. The conceptual name is the common use name for some object real or imaginary. The most basic part of language is the ability to identify objects by name. Definition I find this the hardest part. The goal is to describe some object without getting too involved in the roles the object plays.