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Representing and reasoning over evolving objects has been investigated widely. Less attention has been devoted to the similar notion of relation migration, i.e., how tuples of a relation (ORM facts) can evolve along time. We identify different ways how a relation can change over time and give a logic-based semantics to the notion of relation migration to capture its behaviour. We also introduce the notion of lifespan of a relation and clarify the interactions between object migration and relation migration. Its use in graphical conceptual data modelling is illustrated with a minor extension to ORM2 so as to more easily communicate such constraints with domain experts.
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Keet, C.M., Artale, A. (2010). A Basic Characterization of Relation Migration. In: Meersman, R., Dillon, T., Herrero, P. (eds) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2010 Workshops. OTM 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6428. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16961-8_70
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