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Design of Semi-Structured Database System: Conceptual Model to Logical Representation

Design of Semi-Structured Database System: Conceptual Model to Logical Representation

Anirban Sarkar
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781466629585|ISBN10: 1466629584|EISBN13: 9781466629592
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2958-5.ch005
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Sarkar, Anirban. "Design of Semi-Structured Database System: Conceptual Model to Logical Representation." Designing, Engineering, and Analyzing Reliable and Efficient Software, edited by Hardeep Singh and Kulwant Kaur, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 74-95. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2958-5.ch005

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Sarkar, A. (2013). Design of Semi-Structured Database System: Conceptual Model to Logical Representation. In H. Singh & K. Kaur (Eds.), Designing, Engineering, and Analyzing Reliable and Efficient Software (pp. 74-95). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2958-5.ch005

Chicago

Sarkar, Anirban. "Design of Semi-Structured Database System: Conceptual Model to Logical Representation." In Designing, Engineering, and Analyzing Reliable and Efficient Software, edited by Hardeep Singh and Kulwant Kaur, 74-95. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2958-5.ch005

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Abstract

The chapter focuses on a graph – semantic based conceptual data model for semi-structured data, called Graph Object Oriented Semi-Structured Data Model (GOOSSDM), to conceptualize the different facets of such system in object oriented paradigm. The model defines a set of graph based formal constructs, varieties of relationship types with participation constraints. It is accompanied with a rich set of graphical notations and those are used to specify the conceptual level design of semi-structured database system. The approach facilitates modeling of irregular, heterogeneous, hierarchical, and non-hierarchical semi-structured data at the conceptual level. The GOOSSDM is also able to represent the mixed content in semi-structured data. Moreover, the approach is capable to model XML document at conceptual level with the facility of document-centric design, ordering and disjunction characteristic. The chapter also includes a rule based transformation mechanism for GOOSSDM schema into the equivalent XML Schema Definition (XSD). Moreover, the chapter also provides comparative study of several similar kinds of proposals for semi-structured data models based on the properties of semi-structured data and future research scope in this area.

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