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A method to convert relational schemas to an object oriented semantic model is presented. It makes explicit knowledge about the semantic of the database that was implicit in the schemas or in the extension, through a knowledge acquisition phase. The method is general, semiautomatic, and has a number of applications.
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Malú, C., Saltor, F., García-Solaco, M. (1994). Semantically enriching relational databases into an object oriented semantic model. In: Karagiannis, D. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 856. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58435-8_177
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