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Generating a textual representation of a relational model

o aid the software and database developer in the development process, specialised software is needed, known as CASE-tools. To form a productive work environment, multiple CASE-tools should be able to cooperate with each other, as it is likely that a single tool cannot give full support for the whole development process. An aid in the integration of tools is that information is stored in a central repository, available for any tool that needs it. A problem which arises is that not all tools are capable of directly accesing the contents of the repository. Thus export procedures are needed that transforms the repository contents into a format that an external tool can read and understand. If these transformation procedures are specified directly in the implementation language, modification can be difficult or even impossible. This work proposes a general transformation model for storing rules in a repository. These rules operate on the information in a source model and transform it to a textual representation ready for export to external tools. An example ruleset is given that transforms an example relational model into SQL code.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:his-629
Date January 2001
CreatorsThorin, Johan
PublisherHögskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för datavetenskap, Skövde : Institutionen för datavetenskap
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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