Automatic Generation of Conceptual Database Design Tools

The development of a database design tool for an object-oriented data model is a formidable task. In an attempt to reduce the implementation effort of this task, a software system, called Seaweed, is proposed to automatically generate database design tools from data model specifications. Three phases of design tool generation are defined in SeaWeed: data model specification in terms of the primitives of SeaWeed’s meta-data model, implementation scheme formation based on an extended state transition diagram model, and database design tool generation by customizing reusable software components. SeaWeed combines techniques for meta-data modeling, software reusability, and artificial intelligence into a methodology for the automatic generation of database design tools.

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