The Problems of Data Modeling in Software Practice

This paper presents, fromthe author's perspective, the problems that occur in practice during data modelling. The author's experiences are a result of a considerable number of projects which he carried out in the framework of his consultancy role at USU Softwarehaus in Moglingen (Germany). These projects concerned the following themes: Corporate Datamodelling Comparing Datamodels Project (Application)- related Data modelling. In all cases, E/R-notation was the chosen representation-form. From these experiences, the author formed an impression of the problems that occur in practice when de ning a data model. These problems have, however, also led to the author's increased interest in knowledge representation, in turn leading to his usage of KRmethods in practice. This has shown itself to be quite e ective. Sections 2 and 3 brie y illustrate the recommendations and the experiences arising from their usage in projects. 1 Datamodelling in Practice - the Problems Datamodelli...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1994
• Where: KRDB
• Authors: Harald Huber
• Keywords: Data Model, Data Modelling, KRDB 1994, KRDB 2001, Problems