Authors: Arijit Sengupta
Tags: 2001, conceptual modeling
XML is one of the most widely accepted data representation languages in today’s Internet-dominated Computing. While most XML data on the net today use commonly known struc-tures, the power of XML lies in the ability to develop application-specific structures andmodels. XER (Extensible Entity Relationship) is a conceptual modeling methodology thatuses visual constructs reminiscent of Entity Relationship (ER) in the logical design of XML in-stead of relying on the text-based DTD (Document Type Definition) and XML Schema notations.In this paper, we demonstrate how XER can be used to effectively design and analyze applica-tions that use XML data. We also compare XER against other design constructs to demonstratethat a conceptual modeling artifact can potentially be superior to other artifacts for modelingXML structures, by significantly improving accuracy, efficiency and user satisfactionRead the full paper here: https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0169023X11001455?token=5F041F8969C561E30E258D51061683F7DF7B9AAC83ED5E0636E788BF027707AE73D9B133B5491B2A40DBAADD99DA044D
