Beschreibung
This monograph provides a rigorous foundation for handling business and engineering data based on unnormalized relations. The model discussed here is the nested table data model. The book does not assume a reader's familiarity with database systems.
Autorenporträt
Inhaltsangabe1 Introduction.- 2 Historical Background.- 2.1 Form Data Model.- 2.2 Form System.- 2.3 Form-Based Application Specification.- 3 Nested Table Data Model.- 3.1 Overview.- 3.2 Nested Table.- 3.3 Nested Table Handle.- 3.3.1 Addressing Scheme.- 3.3.2 Primitive NT Handle.- 3.3.3 Composite NT Handle.- 3.4 Nested Table Operation.- 3.4.1 Primitive NT Operation.- 3.4.1.1 NF Operation.- 3.4.1.2 XR Operation.- 3.4.2 Composite NT Operation.- 3.5 Dependencies and Normalization.- 3.5.1 Dependencies.- 3.5.2 Normalization.- 3.6 Operational Properties of NT Operations.- 3.6.1 Basic Properties.- 3.6.2 Data Manipulation Capability.- 3.7 Summary.- 4 Form Document Workbench.- 4.1 Overview.- 4.2 Requirements and Features.- 4.2.1 Requirements for Form Document Workbench.- 4.2.2 Features of FORMDOQ.- 4.3 Three Level System Hierarchy.- 4.3.1 External Level.- 4.3.2 Logical Level.- 4.3.3 Internal Level.- 4.4 Form Document Manipulation Model.- 4.5 System Architecture.- 4.5.1 Graphics Driver.- 4.5.2 System Manager.- 4.5.3 Form Schema Editor.- 4.5.4 Form Document Editor.- 4.5.5 Form Schema Base Manager.- 4.5.6 Graphics Type Handler.- 4.5.7 Form Document Base Manager.- 4.5.8 File Manager.- 4.5.9 Heap Procedure Handler.- 4.5.10 Application Program Handler/Interface.- 4.6 Interactive Document Handling.- 4.6.1 Basic Man-Machine Interface.- 4.6.2 Session Examples.- 4.7 Prototype Implementation.- 4.7.1 Process Structure.- 4.7.2 File Management.- 4.7.3 Form Document Heap Handling.- 4.7.4 Graphics Manipulation.- 4.8 Experimental Evaluation.- 4.9 Summary.- 5 Form-Based Application Generation.- 5.1 Overview.- 5.2 Application System Model.- 5.2.1 Activity Tree and Activity Diagram.- 5.2.2 Step.- 5.2.2.1 Form Procedure.- 5.2.2.2 NT Procedure.- 5.2.2.3 Application Program.- 5.3 Application Procedure Specification.- 5.3.1 NTPL Specification.- 5.3.2 Example.- 5.4 Application Generation Environments.- 5.4.1 Activity Tree.- 5.4.2 Activity Diagram.- 5.4.3 Step.- 5.4.3.1 Form Procedure.- 5.4.3.2 NT Procedure.- 5.4.3.3 Application Program.- 5.5 Summary.- 6 Conclusion.- References.- Appendix B: BNF Specification of NTPL.- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations.
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