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International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications

DEXA 1995: Database and Expert Systems Applications pp 177–186Cite as

Combining reverse with forward database engineering a step forward to solve the legacy system dilemma

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An object oriented methodology for building a high level abstraction of a legacy database application is described. The methodology combines two different paradigms of software engineering: classical forward with reverse engineering. The structural part of a given system is determined by reverse engineering, while the functional and behavioural views on the application are developed by using classical forward engineering techniques. Based on the background of the Austrian National Forest Inventory as a case study we demonstrate how structural, functional, and behavioural views relate to each other and how an enhanced conceptualization of a legacy database application may be constructed.

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  1. Department of Information Engineering, University of Vienna, Liebigg. 4/3-4, A-1010, Vienna, Austria

    Günther Pernul

  2. Institute of Forest Growth and Yield, University of Environmental Sciences, Peter Jordan Str. 82, A-1190, Vienna, Austria

    Hubert Hasenauer

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Pernul, G., Hasenauer, H. (1995). Combining reverse with forward database engineering a step forward to solve the legacy system dilemma. In: Revell, N., Tjoa, A.M. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 978. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0049116

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