GDOC: A TOOL FOR COMPUTERIZE D DESIGN AND DOCUMENTATIO N OF DATABASE SYSTEM S

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Authors: Carlo Batini, Fabrizio Massimo Ferrara

Tags: 1984, conceptual modeling

Release 2 .1 of GDOC, a tool for computer-aided desig n of database applications, is described . GDOC provides for the interactive specification of th e conceptual schema of the application, expressed in a n enriched Entity-Relationship Model and produces th e relevant documentation by means of traditional printouts , as well as allowing a graphical definition of the conceptua l schema . Moreover; GDOC automatically generates the physical database and the operating programs ,for accessing the concepts in the schema in a dBASE II environment . Experiences of use of GDOC are discussed and furthe r research directions are outlined.

Read the full paper here: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/1017726.1017729