Building A Model Query Language via SML

Structured modeling language (SML) is modeling language for the structured modeling (SM) framework, which is designed to represent a wide range of models. The lack of query (retrieval) capabilities in most extant modeling systems constitutes one of the greatest anachronisms of contemporary practice. This paper develops a model query language called SMQL for SM. While previous research requires users to know the models are represented in a DBMS in order to perform queries, our approach does not. This has been achieved through the use of SML as the Model Definition Language and develop SMQL on top of an SQL-based DBMS. This approach will save tremendous effort and time for language development. Also, since SML’s Natural Language Summary is a non-technical interface that enable the users easily learn the “structure” of the data, but not its technical details, the users thus can use SML’s Natural Language Summary (or SML schema) for performing data queries, and can free from having to know the details of data representation.

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