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On mapping ER and relational models into OO schemas

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Entity-Relationship Approach — ER '93 (ER 1993)

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The Entity-Relationship model (ER model) views data in the form of entities and relationships. The Object-Oriented model (OO model) views data as classes, types and their subtypes. A mapping procedure that considers various features of the ER model and transforms the ER schema and its associated relational schema into an OO schema is proposed. The mapping rules are illustrated with appropriate examples. A procedure for mapping constraints on the ER database into the OO schema is then discussed. Finally, OO representations are developed for ER schema operations.

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  1. Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing, 30332, Atlanta, GA

    Badri Narasimhan & Shamkant B. Navathe

  2. Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Textile & Fiber Engr., 30332, Atlanta, GA

    Sundaresan Jayaraman

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  1. Badri Narasimhan
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  2. Shamkant B. Navathe
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  3. Sundaresan Jayaraman
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Correspondence to Sundaresan Jayaraman .

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Ramez A. Elmasri Vram Kouramajian Bernhard Thalheim

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Narasimhan, B., Navathe, S.B., Jayaraman, S. (1994). On mapping ER and relational models into OO schemas. In: Elmasri, R.A., Kouramajian, V., Thalheim, B. (eds) Entity-Relationship Approach — ER '93. ER 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 823. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0024383

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