Applications of a categorical framework for conceptual data modeling

DOI10.1007/S002360050112MaRDI QIDQ1386445zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Arthur H. M. ter Hofstede, E. Lippe, Theo P. van der Weide

Publication date 10 August 1998

Published in Acta Informatica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s002360050112

zbMATH Keywords

automated modeling supportconceptual data modelingschema transformations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Data structures (68P05) Theory of data (68P99)

Review text

For successful information systems development, conceptual data modeling is essential. Nowadays a plethora of techniques for conceptual data modeling exist. Many of these techniques lack a formal foundation and a lot of theory, e.g. concerning updates or schema transformations, is highly data model specific. As such there is a need for a unifying formal framework providing a sufficiently high level of abstraction. In this paper, focus is on the applications of such a framework defined in category theory. Well-known conceptual data modeling concepts, such as relationship types, generalization, specialization, and collection types are defined from a categorical point of view in this framework and an essential advantage is its ``configurable semantics. Features such as null values, uncertainty, and temporal behavior can be added by selecting appropriate instance categories. The addition of these features usually requires a complete redesign of the formalization in traditional set-based approaches to semantics. Applications of the framework in the context of schema transformations and improved automated modeling support are discussed.

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