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The Concept Of Representation Capability Of Databases And Its Application In Is Development, Lishuan Qin, Junkang Feng
The Concept Of Representation Capability Of Databases And Its Application In Is Development, Lishuan Qin, Junkang Feng
Journal of International Technology and Information Management
The representation capability of an information system in general and a database in particular seems an important and yet elusive concept, which is concerned with, in our view, how a database ever becomes capable of representing real-world objects accurately or otherwise. To explore how to approach and then define this concept, we explore what is meant and required by the statement that a database connection (i.e., a connection between database constructs such as entities in an Entity-relationship (ER) diagram and relations in a relational schema that are made available by a database) refers to, represents and accurately represents a …