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This paper presents a reuse technique which permits to simplify redesign that may occur when the conceptual schema is changed. This technique is based on the reuse of the refinement steps, the verifications and the schemas of the original design. For each kind of reuse, the technique specifies the conditions under it can be applied and how the reused components should evolve.
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Castelli, D. (1999). Three Levels of Reuse for Supporting the Evolution of Database Schemas. In: Akoka, J., Bouzeghoub, M., Comyn-Wattiau, I., Métais, E. (eds) Conceptual Modeling — ER ’99. ER 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1728. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-47866-3_1
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