Title :
Reverse engineering a medical database
Author :
McAllister, Andrew
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Comput. Sci., New Brunswick Univ., Fredericton, NB, Canada
Abstract :
An effort to recover an entity-relationship model from an existing medical database is described. This effort examines the applicability of a variety of existing reverse engineering techniques. Problems and limitations encountered with these techniques are discussed. An alternative approach that avoids these limitations is presented, together with examples from the medical database that illustrate the applicability of this approach. Based on this experience, suggestions are made for future research directions related to reverse engineering of relational databases
Keywords :
medical computing; relational databases; reverse engineering; entity-relationship model; medical database; relational databases; reverse engineering; Computer science; Data models; Database systems; Documentation; Hospitals; Information systems; Niobium; Relational databases; Resource management; Reverse engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Reverse Engineering, 1996., Proceedings of the Third Working Conference on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7674-4
DOI :
10.1109/WCRE.1996.558889
