Title :
SHB: a strategic hierarchy builder for managing heterogeneous databases
Author :
Nicolle, Christophe ; Culllot, N. ; Yétongnon, Kokou
Author_Institution :
Univ. de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Abstract :
The paper presents a methodology based on data model translation for the management of interoperable information systems. The key feature of this solution are: 1) a set of abstract metatypes that capture the characteristics of various modeling concepts; and 2) the organization of the metatypes in a generalization hierarchy to allow unification and correlation of data models. Description logic formalism is used to provide formal specification of the metatypes and a tool called “Strategic Hierarchy Builder” is defined to build the metatype hierarchy semi-automatically. The Strategic Hierarchy Builder organizes the hierarchy and implements an extensible metamodel in which new metatypes are created by specialization of existing metatypes
Keywords :
abstract data types; data models; distributed databases; formal logic; formal specification; SHB; abstract metatypes; data model translation; description logic formalism; extensible metamodel; formal specification; generalization hierarchy; heterogeneous database management; interoperable information systems; metatype hierarchy; modeling concepts; strategic hierarchy builder; Automatic logic units; Data models; Databases; Electrical capacitance tomography; Information systems; Logic design; Mediation; Ontologies; Reactive power; Scalability;
Conference_Titel :
Database Engineering and Applications, 1999. IDEAS '99. International Symposium Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0265-2
DOI :
10.1109/IDEAS.1999.787254
