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A repository to support transparency in database design

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In this paper we address aspects of traceability in Information Systems design, particularly with those methodologies utilizing rich, and possibly multiple (behavioural) models. We consider this issue within the broader context of IS development, and focus on the potential for communication among human actors. Specifically, we consider the question of repository design for supporting design activities. We illustrate this through a Web-based visualization tool for Extended Entity-Relationship (EER) modeling represented in a repository based on the Case Data Interchange Format (CDIF). Such a tool offers a degree of independence with respect to CASE tools used within an organization, and validation methods chosen by an organization.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Skövde, Sweden

    Gerrit Griebel & Björn Lundell

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Exeter, UK

    Brian Lings

  3. Soester Stra\e 48, 20099, Hamburg, Germany

    Gerrit Griebel

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Suzanne M. Embury Nicholas J. Fiddian W. Alex Gray Andrew C. Jones

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Griebel, G., Lings, B., Lundell, B. (1998). A repository to support transparency in database design. In: Embury, S.M., Fiddian, N.J., Gray, W.A., Jones, A.C. (eds) Advances in Databases. BNCOD 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1405. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0053469

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