Representing extended entity-relationship structures in relational databases: a modular approach
A common approach to database design is to describe the structures and constraints of the database application in terms...
Hierarchical schemata for relational databases
Most database design methods for the relational model produce a flat database, that is, a family of relations with...
EAS-E: an integrated approach to application development
EAS-E (pronounced EASY) is an experimental programming language integrated with a database management system now running on VM/370 at...
ODE: Ontology-assisted data extraction
Online databases respond to a user query with result records encoded in HTML files. Data extraction, which is important...
Formal semantics for time in databases
The concept of a historical database is introduced as a tool for modeling the dynamic nature of some part...
Database description with SDM: a semantic database model
SDM is a high-level semantics-based database description and structuring formalism (database model) for databases. This database model is designed...
A software tool for modular database design
A modularization discipline for database schemas is first described. The dicipline incorporates both a strategy for enforcing integrity constraints...
Database design for incomplete relations
Although there has been a vast amount of research in the area of relational database design, to our knowledge,...
A methodology for creating user views in database design
The View Creation System (VCS) is an expert system that engages a user in a dialogue about the information...
Emancipating instances from the tyranny of classes in information modeling
Database design commonly assumes, explicitly or implicitly, that instances must belong to classes. This can be termed the assumption...
