Unifying and Generalizing Relations in Role-Based Data Modeling and Navigation

Daco Harkes; Eelco Visser

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Unifying and Generalizing Relations in Role-Based Data Modeling and Navigation

Daco Harkes, Eelco Visser

Programming Languages

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Abstract

Object-oriented programming languages support concise navigation of relations represented by references. However, relations are not first-class citizens and bidirectional navigation is not supported. The relational paradigm provides first-class relations, but with bidirectional navigation through verbose queries. We present a systematic analysis of approaches to modeling and navigating relations. By unifying and generalizing the features of these approaches, we developed the design of a data modeling language that features first-class relations, n-ary relations, native multiplicities, bidirectional relations and concise navigation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Software Language Engineering
Subtitle of host publication	7th International Conference, SLE 2014, Proceedings
Editors	Benoît Combemale, David J. Pearce, Olivier Barais, Jurgen J. Vinju
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	241-260
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-11245-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-11244-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11245-9_14
Publication status	Published - 2014

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	8706
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Harkes, D., & Visser, E. (2014). Unifying and Generalizing Relations in Role-Based Data Modeling and Navigation. In B. Combemale, D. J. Pearce, O. Barais, & J. J. Vinju (Eds.), Software Language Engineering: 7th International Conference, SLE 2014, Proceedings (pp. 241-260). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8706). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11245-9_14

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Unifying and Generalizing Relations in Role-Based Data Modeling and Navigation. / Harkes, Daco; Visser, Eelco.
Software Language Engineering: 7th International Conference, SLE 2014, Proceedings. ed. / Benoît Combemale; David J. Pearce; Olivier Barais; Jurgen J. Vinju. Cham: Springer, 2014. p. 241-260 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8706).

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