Management of Multiple Models in an Extensible Database Design Tool

Authors: 
Atzeni, P.; Torlone, R.
Author: 
Atzeni, P
Torlone, R
Year: 
1996
Venue: 
EDBT 1996, LNCS 1057
URL: 
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~rap/teaching/534a/readings/edbt96.pdf
Citations: 
94
Citations range: 
50 - 99
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We describe the development of a tool called MDM for the
management of multiple models and the translation of database schemes
This tool can be at the basis of an integrated CASE environment supporting the analysis and design of information systems that allows different representations for the same data schemes
We first present a graph-theoretic framework that allows us to formally investigate desirable properties of schema translations
The formalism is based on a classification of the constructs used in the known data model into a limited set of types
Then on the basis of formal results we develop general methodologies for deriving \"good\" translations between schemes and more in general between models
Finally we define the architecture and the functionalities of a first prototype that implements the various features of the
approach