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The application of algebraic specification techniques in the early phases of software development requires a means for specifying views. In this paper we argue for algebraic view specification based on an algebraic concept model. The concept model consists of two parts: a meta model defining the concepts of different views and the relationships between them, and a system model defining the system behaviour. We show how to derive an algebraic concept model from a semi-formal one given usually as an entity relationship diagram. This gives the rigour of formality to pragmatic view specifications and allows for an easy translation between formal and pragmatic specifications.
This work was carried out within the project SysLab, supported by Siemens Nixdorf and by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under the Leibniz program
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Paech, B. (1996). Algebraic view specification. In: Wirsing, M., Nivat, M. (eds) Algebraic Methodology and Software Technology. AMAST 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1101. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0014332
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