Transformation of Knowledge, Information and Data

Patrick van Bommel (editor)

Table of contents Detailed 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

 

Fundamentals

Related work

Modelling conversions

Deployment of the graph-based model

Evaluation

 

Chapter 12. Coherence in data schema transformations: semantic change patterns

 

Background

Issues and controversies

Problem statement

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

 

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