Understanding Relationships: Classifying Verb Phrase Semantics

Abstract. Relationships are an essential part of the design of a database because they capture associations between things. Comparing and integrating relationships from heterogeneous databases is a difficult problem, partly because of the nature of the relationship verb phrases. This research proposes a multilayered approach to classifying the semantics of relationship verb phrases to assist in the comparison of relationships. The first layer captures fundamental, e relationships based upon well-known work in data abstractions and conceptual modeling. The second layer captures the life cycle of natural progressions in the business world. The third layer reflects the context-dependent nature of relationships. Use of the classification scheme is illustrated by comparing relationships from various application domains with different purposes.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: ER
• Authors: Veda C. Storey, Sandeep Purao
• Keywords: Difficult Problem, ER 2004, Layer Captures, Relationship Verb Phrases