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ORM/NIAM Object-Role Modeling

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Object-Role Modeling (ORM) is method for modeling and querying an information system at the conceptual level, and mapping between conceptual and logical (e.g. relational) levels. ORM comes in various flavors, including NIAM (Natural language Information Analysis Method). This contribution provides an overview of ORM, and notes its advantages over Entity Relationship and traditional Object-Oriented modeling.

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  1. School of Computing and Information Technology, Griffith University, 4111, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Peter Bernus

  2. Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology, Pascalstr. 8-9, D-10587, Berlin, Germany

    Kai Mertins

  3. Information and Technology Management, University of Saarland, Postfach 15 11 50, D-66041, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Günter Schmidt

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Halpin, T. (1998). ORM/NIAM Object-Role Modeling. In: Bernus, P., Mertins, K., Schmidt, G. (eds) Handbook on Architectures of Information Systems. International Handbooks on Information Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03526-9_4

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