Authors: Richard J. Orli
Tags: 1990, conceptual modeling
Summarization abstracts information and so reduces flexibility. The challenge of summary database design is providing adequately flexible information to meet the need s of the business process it serves . This article addresses this challenge by examining the basic forms of summarizatio n as a set of model record forms, each with advantages an d disadvantages. The function of information implied by these forms is described in terms of the business process model . This model is the basis of a proposed data scheme tha t organizes information “top-down” into the core of a flexible, effective, summary database design .Read the full paper here: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/95367.95372
