Title :
Database Skeleton and Its Application to Logical Database Synthesis
Author :
Chang, Shi-kuo ; Cheng, Wu-Haung
Author_Institution :
Knowledge Systems Laboratory, Department of Information Engineering, University of Illinois
Abstract :
This paper presents the concept of a model of database skeleton which is used to represent user´s knowledge on the meaning of the data. The logical database synthesis pfoblem is then formulated as a problem of convetting a partially specified database skeleton to a completely specified-one, which corresponds to one of several data models. Approaches to optimal logical database synthesis for the relational database are then considered.
Keywords :
Database management systems; database skeleton; logical database design; relational database; Cancer; Councils; Data models; Dictionaries; Knowledge based systems; Knowledge engineering; Laboratories; Relational databases; Skeleton; Database management systems; database skeleton; logical database design; relational database;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSE.1978.231463
