On the Role of `Understanding Models' in Conceptual Schema Design.

Janis A. Bubenko Jr.: On the Role of `Understanding Models' in Conceptual Schema Design. VLDB 1979: 129-139

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/vldb/Bubenko79,
  author    = {Janis A. Bubenko Jr.},
  editor    = {Antonio L. Furtado and
               Howard L. Morgan},
  title     = {On the Role of `Understanding Models' in Conceptual Schema Design},
  booktitle = {Fifth International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, October
               3-5, 1979, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Proceedings},
  publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
  year      = {1979},
  pages     = {129-139},
  ee        = {db/conf/vldb/Bubenko79.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/vldb/79},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Abstract

This paper suggests that two levels should be considered when designing a conceptual schema: the 'understanding level' and the 'conceptual data base level'. The first level includes two realms of importance

the set of information requirements (IRQ) and
the conceptual information model (CIM).

The next level includes two realms:

the conceptual data base model (CDBM) and
the conceptual processing model (CPM).

The CIM is a full time-perspective, unrestricted view of the enterprise and aims at defining relevant relationships, events and inference relations. The CDBM is, together with CPM, a data base realization of CIM which satisfies IRQ. In this paper designs at both levels are illustrated and the utility of the conceptual information model is discussed.

ACM SIGMOD Anthology

CDROM Version: Load the CDROM "Volume 1 Issue 4, VLDB '75-'88" and ...

Windows: Click the letter of your CD drive
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Mac: Click here
UNIX/LINUX: mount the CD and click on the path of your mount point:
/Anthology/vldb7588 or /cdrom

DVD Version: Load ACM SIGMOD Anthology DVD 1" and ...

Windows: Click the letter of your CD drive
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Mac: Click here
UNIX/LINUX: mount the DVD and click on the path of your mount point:
/Anthology/aDVD1 or /dvd

Printed Edition

Antonio L. Furtado, Howard L. Morgan (Eds.): Fifth International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, October 3-5, 1979, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society 1979
Contents

References

[1]: Dennis Tsichritzis, Anthony C. Klug: The ANSI/X3/SPARC DBMS Framework Report of the Study Group on Dabatase Management Systems. Inf. Syst. 3(3): 173-191(1978)
[2]: ...
[3]: ...
[4]: ...
[5]: John Miles Smith, Diane C. P. Smith: Database Abstractions: Aggregation and Generalization. ACM Trans. Database Syst. 2(2): 105-133(1977)
[6]: ...
[7]: Peter P. Chen: The Entity-Relationship Model - Toward a Unified View of Data. ACM Trans. Database Syst. 1(1): 9-36(1976)
[8]: Charles W. Bachman, Manilal Daya: The Role Concept in Data Models. VLDB 1977: 464-476
[9]: Nick Roussopoulos, John Mylopoulos: Using Semantic Networks for Database Management. VLDB 1975: 144-172
[10]: ...
[11]: Catriel Beeri, Philip A. Bernstein, Nathan Goodman: A Sophisticate's Introduction to Database Normalization Theory. VLDB 1978: 113-124
[12]: ...
[13]: ...
[14]: ...
[15]: ...