Title :
Research on data layer structure of multi-tenant e-commerce system
Author :
Jia Du ; Wen, Hao-yu ; Yang, Zhao-Jun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Econ. & Manage., Xidian Univ., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
The features and application ranges of several database design proposals applied in SaaS are discussed. Based on shared database / shared framework, three relationship-based extension models which are custom field, pre-allocation field and name-value pairs and XML-based extension model are discussed and the latter implementation approach in data definition, query and update is also given, along with some examples to illustrate its feasibility.
Keywords :
Web services; XML; data structures; database management systems; electronic commerce; XML-based extension model; custom field; data definition; data layer structure; database design; multitenant e-commerce system; name-value pairs; pre-allocation field; relationship-based extension models; shared database-shared framework; software as a service; XML; Data Layer; Extension model; Multi-tenant System; SaaS;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IE&EM), 2010 IEEE 17Th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xiamen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6483-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICIEEM.2010.5646593
