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Model No.34
Short Citation (Hohenstein et al. 1987)
Year 1987
Special Name
Descendant of (Chen 1976)
ConstructsInherent Entity Type r: objects, sg/l: complex objects, versions
Relationship Type sg/l: min/max, sg: derived
Value Sets / Attributes sg/l: key, role, multivalued, sg/l: optional, derived
NewInventedAdaptedintegrity boxes, type construction
Included
BorrowedIncluded
Added
Syntactic Rules (1) Integrity boxes are connected to entity types (relationship types, attributes). (2) Different input entity types are connected by type constructors to form separate output entity types [requirements].
Semanticsformal
Focus g
Data Definition l
Data Manipulation
Remarks
CauseCitation... [extended ERM] to be suited for the design of standard and non-standard applications ... (p. 59). ... integrate all important semantic concepts of recent semantic data models (p. 64). ... shall form the basis for several database and information systems design tools (p. 59).
ContentExpressivenessstructure
Applicability
Correction
IntegrationX
ImplementationX
Other
Alternative Publications
Binary Vector Structure/General [E1]
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Structure/Integrity [E7] 1
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[E9] i
[E10] 1
[E11] 1
[E12] 1
[E13] i
[E14] i
[E15] 1
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Behavior [E17] f
[E18] f
Application [E19]
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Domain-Specifics [E28]
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Expressiveness Values Total 0.45
Data Model 0.83
Application 0.00
Domain Specifics 0.00
Partially Redundant Constructs Conjunctive Concepts J, T
Linked Concepts O
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