Table of contents
Chapter 0. Preface Framework for transformations From source to target Correctness of transformations Sequences of transformations PART I. Fundamentals of transformations Chapter
1. Transformation-based database engineering Schema transformation basics Higher-level transformations Transformation-based database design Transformation-based database reverse
engineering Chapter 2. Rule-based transformation of graphs and the product type Graph
transformation Product type Transformation of
graph transformations Chapter 3. From conceptual database schemas
to logical database tuning Background From conceptual model to logical data model Logical database tuning Chapter 4. Transformation-based
query optimization for XML Related work Preliminaries Equivalences for document query
optimization Application of equivalences Chapter 5. Coherent refactoring of software artefacts
with distributed graph transformations An
example of refactoring The
formal background Refactoring
by graph transformation Building
correspondences between code and model graphs Behaviour
preservation in refactoring PART II. Elaboration of transformation
approaches Chapter 6. Declarative transformation
for object-oriented models Transformation for enterprise distributed
systems development Design requirements for OO-based transformation A declarative object-oriented transformation
language Advanced Transformations The transformation tool-set Chapter 7. From conceptual models to data models Background Translations Chapter 8. Transforming XML documents schema into relational database schema Background and related work The proposed transformation approach Case study: library DTD Chapter 9. Imprecise information modeling in databases: models and formal
transformations Basic knowledge Extended EXPRESS-G Fuzzy nested relational
databases Mapping fuzzy EXPRESS-G
to fuzzy nested relational databases PART III. Additional topics Chapter 10. Analysing transformations in performance management Background Performance management model Transformations in performance management Future trends in transformations in the
organisation Chapter 11. Multimedia conversion with the focus on continuous media Modelling conversions Deployment of the graph-based model Evaluation Chapter 12. Coherence in data schema transformations: semantic
change patterns Solution: semantic change
pattern as a tool Chapter 13. Model transformations in designing the ASSO methodology Background Semantic and object models Structured database schema ASSO-B relationships