A Data Model for Data Integration

  • Authors:
  • James J. Lu

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332. U.S.A.

  • Venue:
  • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Data integration systems provide a uniform query interface (UQI) to multiple, autonomous data sources [Alon Y. Halevy. Answering queries using views: A survey. The VLDB Journal, 10(4):270-294, 2001]. This paper presents the universal data model (UDM) that captures the semantically salient aspects of relational, entity-relationship, and XML data models. As a consequence, UDM - including its accompanying query language - provides a simple and elegant UQI for integrating data represented in some of the most widely adopted data models.