Enriched Conceptualization of Subtyping

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Author(s): Terry Halpin (Neumont University, USA)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 16
Source title: Innovations in Information Systems Modeling: Methods and Best Practices
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Terry Halpin (Neumont University, USA ), John Krogstie (SINTEF, Norway )and Erik Proper (Radboud University Nijmegen,The Netherlands)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-278-7.ch001

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Information Science Reference / Systems & Software Design / Systems and Software Engineering

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When modeling information systems, one often encounters subtyping aspects of the business domain that can prove challenging to implement in either relational databases or object-oriented code. In practice, some of these aspects are often handled incorrectly. This chapter examines a number of subtyping issues that require special attention (e.g. derivation options, subtype rigidity, subtype migration), and discusses how to model them conceptually. Because of its richer semantics, the main graphic notation used is that of second generation Object-Role Modeling (ORM 2). However, the main ideas could be adapted for UML and ER, so these are also included in the discussion. A basic implementation of the proposed approach has been prototyped in Neumont ORM Architect (NORMA), an open-source tool supporting ORM 2.

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