SUPER — Visual interaction with an object-based ER model
SUPER is a project aiming at the specification and development of a consistent set of visual user interfaces covering...
Entity tree clustering — A method for simplifying ER designs
Entity Tree Clustering (ETC) is a method for clustering entity sets in large ER designs in order to improve...
Natural language restatement of queries expressed in a graphical language
Various works have been proposed to simplify the interaction between casual users and databases. Too powerful tools, however, can...
A temporal statistical model for entity-relationship schemas
This paper is about the statistical description of the contents of an existing or future database. This information, very...
A temporal query language based on conceptual entities and roles
In our previous work , we introduced a Semantic Temporal model based on the Extended Entity-Relationship model (STEER), where...
Semantic similarity relations in schema integration
To find similarities between objects of different schemata at the semantic level is a crucial problem in schema integration....
On the design of object-oriented databases
This paper proposes a practical approach for designing object-oriented databases. Users start by describing their database applications with a...
Classifying and reusing conceptual schemas
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
Current approaches for the development of information systems are too strongly biased towards implementation. The architecture developed here shows...
The use of a lexicon to interpret ER diagrams: a LIKE project
In designing Information systems words are being used: words with a fixed meaning, such as keywords and words chosen...
