The semantic database model as a basis for an automated database design tool
dc.contributor.advisor | MacGregor, Ken | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Berman, Sonia | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-08T07:12:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-08T07:12:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1983 | en_ZA |
dc.description | Bibliography: p.257-80. | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | The automatic database design system is a design aid for network database creation. It obtains a requirements specification from a user and generates a prototype database. This database is compatible with the Data Definition Language of DMS 1100, the database system on the Univac 1108 at the University of Cape Town. The user interface has been constructed in such a way that a computer-naive user can submit a description of his organisation to the system. Thus it constitutes a powerful database design tool, which should greatly alleviate the designer's tasks of communicating with users, and of creating an initial database definition. The requirements are formulated using the semantic database model, and semantic information in this model is incorporated into the database as integrity constraints. A relation scheme is also generated from the specification. As a result of this research, insight has been gained into the advantages and shortcomings of the semantic database model, and some principles for 'good' data models and database design methodologies have emerged. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Berman, S. (1983). <i>The semantic database model as a basis for an automated database design tool</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16857 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Berman, Sonia. <i>"The semantic database model as a basis for an automated database design tool."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 1983. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16857 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Berman, S. 1983. The semantic database model as a basis for an automated database design tool. University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Berman, Sonia AB - The automatic database design system is a design aid for network database creation. It obtains a requirements specification from a user and generates a prototype database. This database is compatible with the Data Definition Language of DMS 1100, the database system on the Univac 1108 at the University of Cape Town. The user interface has been constructed in such a way that a computer-naive user can submit a description of his organisation to the system. Thus it constitutes a powerful database design tool, which should greatly alleviate the designer's tasks of communicating with users, and of creating an initial database definition. The requirements are formulated using the semantic database model, and semantic information in this model is incorporated into the database as integrity constraints. A relation scheme is also generated from the specification. As a result of this research, insight has been gained into the advantages and shortcomings of the semantic database model, and some principles for 'good' data models and database design methodologies have emerged. DA - 1983 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1983 T1 - The semantic database model as a basis for an automated database design tool TI - The semantic database model as a basis for an automated database design tool UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16857 ER - | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16857 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Berman S. The semantic database model as a basis for an automated database design tool. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 1983 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16857 | en_ZA |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.department | Department of Computer Science | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.subject.other | Computer science | en_ZA |
dc.title | The semantic database model as a basis for an automated database design tool | en_ZA |
dc.type | Master Thesis | |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
dc.type.qualificationname | MSc | en_ZA |
uct.type.filetype | Text | |
uct.type.filetype | Image | |
uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
uct.type.resource | Thesis | en_ZA |
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