A Methodology for the Design and Transformation of Conceptual Schemas.

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/vldb/Eick91,
  author    = {Christoph F. Eick},
  editor    = {Guy M. Lohman and
               Am\'{\i}lcar Sernadas and
               Rafael Camps},
  title     = {A Methodology for the Design and Transformation of Conceptual
               Schemas},
  booktitle = {17th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, September
               3-6, 1991, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Proceedings},
  publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann},
  year      = {1991},
  isbn      = {1-55860-150-3},
  pages     = {25-34},
  ee        = {db/conf/vldb/Eick91.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/vldb/91},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Abstract

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Referenced by

1. Petia Assenova, Paul Johannesson: Improving Quality in Conceptual Modelling by the Use of Schema Transformations. ER 1996: 277-291
2. Vânia Maria Ponte Vidal, Marianne Winslett: A Rigorous Approach to Schema Restructuring. OOER 1995: 101-112
3. Renée J. Miller, Yannis E. Ioannidis, Raghu Ramakrishnan: Schema Equivalence in Heterogeneous Systems: Bridging Theory and Practice (Extended Abstract). EDBT 1994: 73-80
4. Renée J. Miller, Yannis E. Ioannidis, Raghu Ramakrishnan: The Use of Information Capacity in Schema Integration and Translation. VLDB 1993: 120-133