An Approach for Modeling Polyglot Persistence

The emergence of NoSQL databases has greatly expanded database systems in both storage capacity and performance. To make use of these capabilities many systems have integrated these new data models into existing applications, making use of multiple databases at the same time, forming a concept called ”Polyglot Persistence”. However, the lack of a methodology capable of unifying the design of these integrated data models makes design a difficult task. To overcome this lack, this paper proposes a modeling methodology capable of unifying design patterns for these integrated databases, bringing an overview of the system, as well as a detailed view of each database design.