<s>
Fully	B-Application
Communication	I-Application
Oriented	I-Application
Information	I-Application
Modeling	I-Application
(	O
FCO-IM	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
method	O
for	O
building	O
conceptual	B-Application
information	I-Application
models	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
models	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
automatically	O
transformed	O
into	O
entity-relationship	B-Architecture
models	I-Architecture
(	O
ERM	O
)	O
,	O
Unified	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
UML	B-Language
)	O
,	O
relational	B-Application
or	O
dimensional	B-Application
models	O
with	O
the	O
FCO-IM	B-Application
Bridge	O
toolset	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
generate	O
complete	O
end-user	O
applications	O
from	O
them	O
with	O
the	O
IMAGine	O
toolset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FCO-IM	B-Application
is	O
widely	O
taught	O
in	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
and	O
worldwide	O
,	O
amongst	O
which	O
are	O
universities	O
of	O
Professional	O
Education	O
in	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FCO-IM	B-Application
includes	O
an	O
operational	O
procedure	O
specifying	O
how	O
to	O
construct	O
an	O
information	O
model	O
as	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
book	O
Fact	O
Oriented	O
Modeling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
distinguishing	O
feature	O
of	O
FCO-IM	B-Application
is	O
that	O
it	O
models	O
the	O
communication	O
about	O
a	O
certain	O
Universe	B-Algorithm
of	I-Algorithm
Discourse	I-Algorithm
(	O
UoD	O
)	O
completely	O
and	O
exclusively	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
FCO-IM	B-Application
is	O
therefore	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
family	O
of	O
information	O
modeling	O
techniques	O
known	O
as	O
fact-oriented	O
modeling	O
(	O
FOM	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
are	O
Object-Role	B-Application
Modeling	I-Application
(	O
ORM	O
)	O
,	O
predicator	O
set	O
model	O
(	O
PSM	O
)	O
and	O
natural	B-Application
language	I-Application
information	I-Application
analysis	I-Application
method	I-Application
(	O
NIAM	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
main	O
reasons	O
why	O
FCO-IM	B-Application
claims	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
fully	O
communication-oriented	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FCO-IM	B-Application
is	O
the	O
only	O
FOM	O
technique	O
that	O
completely	O
incorporates	O
the	O
actual	O
verbalizations	O
of	O
facts	O
by	O
domain	O
experts	O
(	O
fact	O
expressions	O
)	O
in	O
an	O
information	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
FCO-IM	B-Application
model	O
therefore	O
contains	O
the	O
soft	O
semantics	O
–	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
verbalizations	O
can	O
be	O
regenerated	O
verbatim	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
from	O
an	O
FCO-IM	B-Application
model	O
,	O
for	O
validation	O
and	O
verification	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FCO-IM	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
very	O
simple	O
and	O
small	O
set	O
of	O
meta-concepts	O
,	O
by	O
abolishing	O
the	O
unnecessary	O
distinction	O
between	O
fact	O
types	O
and	O
object	O
types	O
:	O
all	O
object	O
types	O
are	O
fact	O
types	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
other	O
words	O
:	O
object	O
types	O
are	O
not	O
modeled	O
independently	O
from	O
the	O
communication	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
inextricable	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
communication	O
itself	O
;	O
FCO-IM	B-Application
never	O
leaves	O
the	O
communication	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
FCO-IM	B-Application
is	O
the	O
only	O
conceptual	O
modeling	O
technique	O
that	O
completely	O
complies	O
with	O
the	O
100%	O
conceptualization	O
principle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
:	O
ER	B-Architecture
model	I-Architecture
:	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
also	O
different	O
models	O
or	O
diagrams	O
can	O
be	O
generated	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
UML	B-Language
Class	I-Language
Diagram	I-Language
,	O
XML	B-Language
Schema	I-Language
Definitions	I-Language
,	O
RDF/OWL	B-Language
,	O
SQL	B-Language
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
