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International Symposium on Object-Oriented Methodologies and Systems

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Schema evolution for object-based accounting database systems

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When an (accounting) database schema does not meet the requirements of a firm, the schema must be changed. Such schema evolution can be considered as realizable via a sequence of operators. This research proceeds in the following three steps. First, we define a set of basic evolution schema operators and employ the evolution heuristics to guide the evolution process. Second, we explore how domain-specific knowledge can be used to guide the use of evolution operators to complete the evolution task. A well-known accounting data model is used here to guide the schema evolution process. Third, we discuss a tool built to implement the evolution operators, using the evolution heuristics and domain-specific knowledge.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, 90089, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Jia -Lin Chen & Dennis McLeod

  2. School of Business, University of Southern California, 90089, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Daniel O'Leary

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Chen, J.L., McLeod, D., O'Leary, D. (1994). Schema evolution for object-based accounting database systems. In: Bertino, E., Urban, S. (eds) Object-Oriented Methodologies and Systems. ISOOMS 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 858. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0014015

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