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The management of changing types in an object-oriented database

... KB We examine the problem of type evolution in an object-oriented database environment. Type definitions are persistent objects in the database and as such may be modified and shared. The effects of changing ...

Publication - cat - 06/15/2023 - 14:51 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Schema Evolution in Heterogeneous Database Architectures, A Schema Transformation Approach

... integration and schema evolution into one framework. In previous work we have developed a general framework to support schema transformation and integration in heterogeneous database architectures. Here we show how this framework also ...

Publication - cat - 09/13/2022 - 17:45 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

A Unifying Framework for Version Control in a CAD Environment

... of the most important functions which need to be supported in integrated computer-aided design (CAD) systems. In this paper we address a broad spectrum of semantic and operational issues in ...

Publication - cat - 07/28/2016 - 08:29 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Reverse engineering of relational databases: Extraction of an EER model from a relational database

... These have been demonstrated to be implementable in a knowledge-based system; a working prototype system which does so is briefly discussed. In addition, cases in which human input is required are also clearly identified. This research ...

Publication - cat - 04/17/2013 - 13:27 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Ontology Versioning in an Ontology Management Framework

... and collaborative process, developers face challenges in managing multiple ontologies, including comparing, aligning, and merging ... different formalisms. The uniform framework presented in this article assists users with these tasks by leveraging data and algorithms developed for one tool in other tools. (Journal, no paper type, Ontology Alignment, Ontology ...

Publication - cat - 04/17/2013 - 13:05 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

On Schema Evolution in Multidimensional Databases

... on a logical level (e.g. OLAP systems) are often used in data warehouse environments. The user requirements in these dynamic application areas are subject to frequent changes. This ...

Publication - cat - 04/17/2013 - 12:49 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Schema evolution in OODBs using class versioning

... out on a model for the versioning of class definitions in an object-oriented database. By defining update and backdate functions on ... an old version of the schema to still use data created in the format of the changed schema. (no paper type, object-oriented, ...

Publication - cat - 04/17/2013 - 12:38 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Quantifying Schema Evolution

... Achieving correct changes is the dominant activity in the application software industry. Modification of database schemata is ... of a large-scale database application currently running in several hospitals in the UK are presented and interpreted. The kind of ...

Publication - cat - 04/17/2013 - 10:27 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

EXPRESS: A Data EXtraction, PRocessing, and REStructuring System

... for accessing source data. The restructuring specified in CONVERT is compiled into a set of customized PL/l procedures to derive ... requests. The architecture of EXPRESS allows efficiency in execution by avoiding unnecessary secondary storage references while at the ...

Publication - erhard - 04/17/2013 - 10:16 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

A Model for Compound Type Changes Encountered in Schema Evolution

... and then produces a transformer that can update data in a database to correspond to a newer version of the schema. (no paper ...

Publication - erhard - 04/17/2013 - 10:05 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Update Semantics of Relational Views

... A database view is a portion of the data structured in a way suitable to a specific on views must be translated into updates on the underlying database. This translation process in the relational model. The procedure is as follows: first, a “complete” ...

Publication - erhard - 04/17/2013 - 09:38 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Updating Relational Databases through Object-Based Views

... manipulating object-based views on relational databases. In this paper, we present a scheme for handling update operations on view ...

Publication - erhard - 04/17/2013 - 09:38 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Types of software evolution and software maintenance

... The past two decades have seen increasing sophistication in software work. Now and in the future, the work of both practitioners and researchers would be helped ...

Publication - erhard - 04/17/2013 - 09:16 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Maintenance of views

... 970.14 KB In relational databases a view definition is a query against the database, and ... materialization over a database may change as relations in the database undergo modificationsIn this paper a mechanism is proposed in which the view is materialized at all times The problem which this mechanism ...

Publication - cat - 04/17/2013 - 08:05 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

User-Driven Ontology Evolution Management

... ontology must be evolved as well. As ontologies grow in size, the complexity of change management increases, thus requiring a well-structured ontology evolution process. In this paper we identify a possible six-phase evolution process and focus on ...

Publication - erhard - 04/17/2013 - 08:05 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

A Transparent Schema-Evolution System Based on Object-Oriented View Technology

... view system to support capacity-augmenting views. In this paper, we present algorithms that implement the complete set of typical ...

Publication - cat - 04/17/2013 - 06:38 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Schema Evolution in Database Systems: An Annotated Bibliography.

... is the ability of a database system to respond to changes in the real world by allowing the schema to evolve. In many systems this property also implies a retaining of past states of the ...

Publication - cat - 04/17/2013 - 05:16 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Automating the transformation of XML documents

... must thus be created manually on a case-by-case basis. In this paper, we explore the problem of how to automate the transformation of ...

Publication - cat - 04/16/2013 - 22:27 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

A component-based framework for ontology evolution

... for ontology evolution becomes extremely important in distributed development and use of ontologies. Information about change can be represented in many different ways. We describe these different representations and ... integrates them. We show how different representations in the framework are related by describing some techniques and heuristics ...

Publication - cat - 04/16/2013 - 21:38 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Schema evolution in object-oriented database systems

... efforts directed towards evolving data definitions in object-oriented database systems. The emphasis is on their ability to ... modified. This approach is an extension of techniques used in artificial intelligence for knowledge representation. It extends previous ...

Publication - cat - 04/16/2013 - 18:49 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Beyond schema evolution to database reorganization

... simple changes to individual schemas. As described in this paper, OTGen supports not only more complex schema changes, but also ... to the new definitions, thus facilitating improvements in performance, functionality, and usability of the database. (Conference, ...

Publication - cat - 04/16/2013 - 17:38 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Management Of Schema Evolution In Databases

... which takes evolution into account. Its originality is in allowing the development of partial schema versions, or views of a schema. These versions are created in the same database from a common schema. We define the set of authorised ...

Publication - cat - 04/16/2013 - 11:38 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Inheritance of Workflows An approach to tackling problems related to change

... workflow processes or the workflow processes are supported in a rigid manner, i.e., changes are not allowed or handled outside of the workflow management system. In this paper, we propose inheritance-preserving transformation rules for ...

Publication - cat - 04/16/2013 - 09:49 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Ontology Evolution: Not the Same as Schema Evolution

... will allow us to build on the extensive research in schema evolution. However, there are also important differences between ... knowledge models. A lot of problems that existed only in theory in database research come to the forefront as practical problems in ...

Publication - cat - 04/16/2013 - 04:49 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

A Survey of Schema Versioning Issues for Database Systems

... heterogeneous schemata for various database related tasks. In particular, schema versioning, and its weaker companion, schema evolution, ... to retain current data and software system functionality in the face of changing database structure. Schema versioning and schema ...

Publication - cat - 04/16/2013 - 04:49 - 0 comments - 0 attachments