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Implementation of a Compiler for a Semantic Data Model: Experiences with Taxis.

Brian A. Nixon, Lawrence Chung, David Lauzon, Alexander Borgida, John Mylopoulos, Martin Stanley: Implementation of a Compiler for a Semantic Data Model: Experiences with Taxis. SIGMOD Conference 1987: 118-131
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  author    = {Brian A. Nixon and
               Lawrence Chung and
               David Lauzon and
               Alexander Borgida and
               John Mylopoulos and
               Martin Stanley},
  editor    = {Umeshwar Dayal and
               Irving L. Traiger},
  title     = {Implementation of a Compiler for a Semantic Data Model: Experiences
               with Taxis},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery Special
               Interest Group on Management of Data 1987 Annual Conference,
               San Francisco, California, May 27-29, 1987},
  publisher = {ACM Press},
  year      = {1987},
  pages     = {118-131},
  ee        = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/38713.38731, db/conf/sigmod/NixonCLBMS87.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/sigmod/87},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}
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Abstract

The features of a compiler for the Taxis design language are described and discussed. Taxis offers an entity-based framework for designing interactive information systems and supports generalisation, classification and aggregation as abstraction mechanisms. Its features include multiple inheritance of attributes, isA hierarchies of transactions, metaclasses, typed attributes, a procedural exception-handling mechanism and an iteration construct based on the abstraction mechanisms supported Developing a compiler for the language involved dealing with the problems of efficiently representing and accessing a large collection of entities, performing (static) type checking and representing isA hierarchies of transactions.

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Umeshwar Dayal, Irving L. Traiger (Eds.): Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Management of Data 1987 Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, May 27-29, 1987. ACM Press 1987 BibTeX , SIGMOD Record 16(3)
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