Developments in data dictionary standards
The Computer Bulletin
Category theory for computing science
Category theory for computing science
Case tools: does the ISO standard IRDS provide sufficient support?
Fourth-generation systems
Object-oriented databases: a semantic data model approach
Object-oriented databases: a semantic data model approach
Handbook of logic in computer science (vol. 1)
Computer
Prototyping a Categorial Database in P/FDM
ADBIS '95 Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Advances in Databases and Information Systems
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A universal representation is developed, based on the ISO standards for Information Resource Dictionary System (IRDS), with the aim of providing a complete definition of an information system from the physical data values held to the concepts employed for data and function description and real-world abstractions. It is discussed how such a multi-level model can provide quality software for the evolution of information systems by creating an environment where heterogeneous systems can be compared. Current trends towards more structured programming techniques and more disciplined software engineering environments lead to the potential for considerable benefits from using an IRDS approach. This potential, however, will only be realized if a formal underpinning of the IRDS standard is achieved and then only reliably if the formal is constructive and the underpinning is enabling not just supporting.