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A semantic approach for schema evolution and versioning in object-oriented databases

Authors: 
Franconi, E; Grandi, F; Mandreoli, F
Year: 
2000
Venue: 
Proc. DOOD 2000

In this paper a semantic approach for the specification and the management
of databases with evolving schemata is introduced. It is shown how a general
object-oriented model for schema versioning and evolution can be formalized; how
the semantics of schema change operations can be defined; how interesting reasoning
tasks can be supported, based on an encoding in description logics.

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