Journal of Database Management articles from October 1999

Journal of Database Management archives from October 1999

Information Modeling Methods.(Technology Information)
October 1, 1999... This special issue consists of five papers selected from the Third International CAiSE/IFIP8.1 Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD'98). EMMSAD'98 was held in Pisa, Italy from June 8-9, 1998. The...

Data Modeling in UML and ORM: A Comparison.(Technology Information)
October 1, 1999... The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is becoming widely used for software and database modeling, and has been accepted by the Object Management Group as a standard language for object-oriented analysis and design. For data modeling purposes, UML...

Enhancing the ER Model with Integrity Methods(1).(Technology Information)
October 1, 1999... Entity Relationship (ER) schemas include cardinality constraints, that restrict the dependencies among entities within a relationship type. The cardinality constraints have direct impact on application transactions, since insertions or...

A Case Study Evaluation of the Use of the Viable System Model in Information Systems Development.(Technology Information)
October 1, 1999... This paper considers the usefulness of the Viable System Model (VSM) in information systems (IS) projects. The VSM is a rigorous organizational model which was developed from the study of cybernetics and has been given considerable attention by...

CMU-WEB: A Conceptual Model for Designing Usable Web Applications.(Technology Information)
October 1, 1999... With the ubiquitous availability of browsers and internet access, the last few years have seen a tremendous growth in the number of applications being developed on the world wide web (WWW). Models for analyzing and designing these applications...

Information Modeling and Method Engineering: A Psychological Perspective.(Technology Information)
October 1, 1999... Information modeling is the cornerstone of information systems analysis and design information models, the products of information modeling, not only provide the abstractions required to facilitate communication between the analysts and end...

The Unified Modeling Language User Guide.(Review)
October 1, 1999... The Unified Modeling Language User Guide Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, & Ivar Jacobson Addison-Wesley, 1999 482 pp., hardcover, $47.95 USD ISBN 0-201-57168-4 During the past five years, the UML, the Unified Modeling Language, has become the...