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Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design

ER - Intl Conf on Conceptual Modeling

Semantic similarity relations in schema integration

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To find similarities between objects of different schemata at the semantic level is a crucial problem in schema integration....

Classifying and reusing conceptual schemas

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The paper presents a methodological approach to guide the application engineer to construct a Library of Entity-Relationship schemas, classified...

Embedding data modelling in a general architecture for integrated information systems

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Current approaches for the development of information systems are too strongly biased towards implementation. The architecture developed here shows...

Extending ER model clustering by relationship clustering

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The entity relationship approach is a widely accepted method for conceptual database design. However, some problems arise if ER...

Semantic interoperability of multitemporal relational databases

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Interoperability is concerned with the interaction of databases of different kinds. In this paper we consider semantic interoperability between...

Modeling time: Adequacy of three distinct time concepts for temporal databases

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In this paper we present newly elaborated time concepts for precise and lossless information preservation in temporal databases. First...

Towards a unifying logic formalism for semantic data models

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In the paper we look for the solution of two problems: the unification of various paradigms of semantic database...

Knowledge-based approach for abstracting hierarchical and network schema semantics

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Semantic meanings are lost in existing schema once the conceptual model has been mapped into logical model. To recapture...

A state-space approach for database redesign

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Data conversion from an old version to a new version of a database is a critical task, whose results...

Multilevel schema integration

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We present a methodology for data schema integration, able to merge a set of schemas and the top-down chains...