Title :
Application modelling in heterogeneous environments using an object specification language
Author :
Saake, Gunter ; Jungclaus, Ralf ; Hartmann, Thorsten
Author_Institution :
Abt. Datenbanken, Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Germany
Abstract :
We propose an object-oriented logical formalism to conceptionally model applications in an interoperable environment. Such an environment consists of heterogeneous and autonomous local database systems. Applications in such an environment use several resources and services. Their conceptual modelling involves re-specification of existing systems in terms of homogeneous views, modelling of behavior and system dynamics, modelling of logically distributed components in an open environment and the modeling of communication relationships and dependencies between components. We introduce a formal object-oriented language capable of dealing with these requirements and illustrate its use to model applications in an interoperable environment
Keywords :
distributed databases; formal specification; object-oriented languages; open systems; specification languages; application modelling; autonomous local database systems; behavior modelling; communication relationships; component dependencies; formal object-oriented language; heterogeneous database systems; heterogeneous environment; interoperable environment; logically distributed component modelling; object specification language; object-oriented logical formalism; open environment; system dynamics; system respecification; Computer integrated manufacturing; Concrete; Data models; Database systems; Distributed databases; Industrial relations; Information systems; Object oriented databases; Object oriented modeling; Specification languages;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems, 1993., Proceedings of International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rotterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3135-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291758
