Using the uni-level description (ULD) to support data-model interoperability

  • Authors:
  • Shawn Bowers;Lois Delcambre

  • Affiliations:
  • UC Davis Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA;Department of Computer Science, Portland State University, Portland, OR

  • Venue:
  • Data & Knowledge Engineering - Special issue: ER 2003
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

We describe a framework called the Uni-Level Description (ULD) for accurately representing information from a broad range of data models. The ULD extends previous meta-data-model approaches by: (a) providing uniform representation and access to data model, schema, and data, and (b) supporting data models with non-traditional schema arrangements, including those that allow optional and multiple levels of schema. Because the ULD is a flat, first-order representation, we show how Datalog over the ULD can provide a flexible mechanism to query, extract, and transform reformation from data sources that exhibit various types of structural heterogeneity.