The Mapping from Entity Data Model to Relational Data Model

Author

Liu Yang ; Liu Hongxing

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Wuhan Univ. of Technol., Wuhan, China

fYear

2010

fDate

20-22 Aug. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Entity Data Model (EDM) is a new conceptual model developed by Microsoft; it is a Platform-Independent and executable conceptual model. At present, EDM is mainly used for information integration, so Microsoft has developed the tools for transforming Platform Specific Models, such as Relational Data Model (RDM), to EDM. On other hand, EDM as a conceptual model can also be used for designing database, but currently there are few researches in this aspect. To an EDM based Database Design methodology, the transformation from EDM to RDM is very important, and which is based on the mapping from EDM components to RDM components. In this paper the mapping rules are studied and defined, and an algorithm for transforming EDM to RDM is proposed. We believe the research in this paper will enrich the use of EDM.

Keywords

data models; relational databases; software architecture; EDM based database design methodology; Microsoft; entity data model; information integration; model driven architecture; relational data model; Computational modeling; Data models; Databases; Erbium; Navigation; Transforms; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Internet Technology and Applications, 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5142-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5143-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITAPP.2010.5566429

Filename

5566429