Semantics in object-oriented data models (abstract)

Author(s):  
Stevan Mrdalj ◽  
Asad Khailany
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2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 325-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Fong ◽  
Qing Li ◽  
Shi-Ming Huang

Data warehouse contains vast amount of data to support complex queries of various Decision Support Systems (DSSs). It needs to store materialized views of data, which must be available consistently and instantaneously. Using a frame metadata model, this paper presents an architecture of a universal data warehousing with different data models. The frame metadata model represents the metadata of a data warehouse, which structures an application domain into classes, and integrates schemas of heterogeneous databases by capturing their semantics. A star schema is derived from user requirements based on the integrated schema, catalogued in the metadata, which stores the schema of relational database (RDB) and object-oriented database (OODB). Data materialization between RDB and OODB is achieved by unloading source database into sequential file and reloading into target database, through which an object relational view can be defined so as to allow the users to obtain the same warehouse view in different data models simultaneously. We describe our procedures of building the relational view of star schema by multidimensional SQL query, and the object oriented view of the data warehouse by Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) through method call, derived from the integrated schema. To validate our work, an application prototype system has been developed in a product sales data warehousing domain based on this approach.


2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Verdaasdonk

Present accounting data models such as the Resource-Event-Agent (REA) model merely focus on the modeling of static accounting phenomena. In this paper, it is argued that these models are not able to provide relevant ex ante accounting data for operations management decisions. These decisions require dynamic descriptions of the consequences of alternative future courses of actions and the resulting events. Therefore, a new object-oriented model is presented that enables the use of ex ante accounting data for this purpose. In comparison to the REA model, the object-oriented model presented in this paper includes new static aspects as “recipes,” “potential contracts,” and “reservations,” together with behavioral aspects expressed as theoretical scripts for the retrieval of relevant accounting data.


2008 ◽  
pp. 187-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z.. M. Ma

Fuzzy set theory has been extensively applied to extend various data models and resulted in numerous contributions, mainly with respect to the popular relational model or to some related form of it. To satisfy the need of modeling complex objects with imprecision and uncertainty, recently many researches have been concentrated on fuzzy semantic (conceptual) and object-oriented data models. This chapter reviews fuzzy database modeling technologies, including fuzzy conceptual data models and database models. Concerning fuzzy database models, fuzzy relational databases, fuzzy nested relational databases, and fuzzy object-oriented databases are discussed, respectively.


2009 ◽  
pp. 105-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z.M. Ma

Fuzzy set theory has been extensively applied to extend various data models and resulted in numerous contributions, mainly with respect to the popular relational model or to some related form of it. To satisfy the need of modeling complex objects with imprecision and uncertainty, recently many researches have been concentrated on fuzzy semantic (conceptual) and object-oriented data models. This chapter reviews fuzzy database modeling technologies, including fuzzy conceptual data models and database models. Concerning fuzzy database models, fuzzy relational databases, fuzzy nested relational databases, and fuzzy object-oriented databases are discussed, respectively.


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