A data model is a plan for building a database and is comparable to an architect's building plans. There are two major methodologies used to create a data model: the EntityRe...
Joanne M. Atlee, Robert B. France, Geri Georg, Ana...
A logical database schema, e.g. a relational one, is an implementation of a speci cation, e.g. an entity-relationship diagram. Upcoming new data models and the necessity of seamle...
Software metrics are an essential means to assess software quality. For the assessment of software quality, typically sets of complementing metrics are used since individual metric...
Edith Werner, Jens Grabowski, Helmut Neukirchen, N...
Data and computations of a CAD system have been wrapped by a mediator system using CORBA's IIOP Protocol. This allows ad hoc declarative mediator queries to be translated into...
Most practically relevant domains include some degree of conceptual dynamics, i.e. new conceptual elements arise, and some old ones become irrelevant. This type of change imposes a...