Representing composites in conceptual modeling

Authors:
Graeme Shanks;Elizabeth Tansley;Ron Weber
Affiliations:
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia;Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Venue:
Communications of the ACM - Has the Internet become indispensable?
Year:
2004

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Abstract

Using an object or entity class to represent a composite provides straightforward answers, making this approach superior to the use of relationship classes or associations.