Schema Repository for Database Schema Evolution

The paper presents a schema repository, an original repository containing different kinds of database schemas. The repository is part of a multidisciplinary approach for schema evolution called the predictive approach for database evolution. The schema repository has a dual role in the approach: (1) during the datamining process, the repository identifies and analyzes trends on collected schemas belonging to the same domain. (2) the repository is used in the building of the requirements ontology — a domain ontology that contributes in the database design and its evolution. This paper presents both the design and a heuristic-based method to populate such a repository.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: DEXAW
• Authors: Hassina Bounif, Rachel Pottinger
• Keywords: Database, DEXAW 2006, Original Repository, Repository, Schema Repository