Title :
An analysis of database rules
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Technol., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Maintaining the integrity of the knowledge represented within database rules is a complex business. In order to analyse the maintenance of integrity, a uniform framework for the representation of both data and database rules is introduced. A conceptual model is constructed using this uniform framework. The maintenance of the integrity of this conceptual model is analysed. In particular a generalised form of normalisation enables both the data and the database rules to be engineered so that they are maintainable in a technical sense. Database integrity is also protected by a comprehensive range of constraints including knowledge constraints
Keywords :
concurrency control; data integrity; data structures; database management systems; database theory; conceptual model; constraints; data representation; database integrity; database rule analysis; database rule representation; knowledge constraints; knowledge integrity maintenance; normalisation; Australia; Costs; Data analysis; Data engineering; Database systems; Design methodology; Knowledge based systems; Maintenance engineering; Protection; System analysis and design;
Conference_Titel :
Database Engineering and Applications Symposium, 1997. IDEAS '97. Proceedings., International
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8114-4
DOI :
10.1109/IDEAS.1997.625665
