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Conceptual XML for Systems Analysis

Discover the Conceptual XML (C-XML) model designed to simplify XML-based development for systems analysts. This model, which aligns with XML Schema, represents data at a high level of abstraction and facilitates integration of XML repositories.

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Conceptual XML for Systems Analysis

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  1. Conceptual XML for Systems Analysis Reema Al-Kamha Spring Research Conference Supported by NSF

  2. Motivation Since: • XML becoming standard for data representation • XML Schema to specify and validate XML documents Thus, Systems analysts who store their models using XML need a simple conceptual model that works with XML-based development

  3. Motivation • XML Schema • Low-level implementation details • Hierarchical structure • Textual implementation • Conceptual models

  4. Conceptual XML (C-XML) • We have an answer to the new need of XML system analysts! • Conceptual XML (C-XML) is a conceptual model: • “Model-equivalent” with XML Schema • Represents the model at a high level of abstraction • Example of usefulness: integration of XML repositories

  5. C-XML

  6. Transformations between C-XML and XML Schema • We need information- and constraint-preserving transformations in both directions • Transformations need not be inverses

  7. Transformation from C-XML to XML Schema 8: <xs:element name="Item"> 9: <xs:complexType> ... 28: <xs:attribute name="ItemNr" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required"/> 29: <xs:attribute name="Description" type="xs:string" use="required"/> 30: <xs:attribute name="Price" type="xs:decimal" use="required"/> 31: </xs:complexType> 32: </xs:element> (Customer,CustomerName,CustomerAddr,Discount, (Order, OrderID, OrderDate, (Item, SalePrice, Qty)* )* )* (Item, ItemNr, Description,Price, (PreviousItem)*,(Manufacturer,RequestDateTime,Qty)* )*

  8. Transformation from XML Schema to C-XML Algorithm overview: • Generate object sets for each element, attribute • Connected by relationship sets • Nested according to XML hierarchy • Re-code all constraints in C-XML 56: <xs:group name=“CusomerDetails”> 57: <xs:sequence> ... 60: <xs:element name="Order" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"> ... 77: </xs:seuence> 78: </xs:group>

  9. Artifact of XML Schema Artifact of XML nesting n-ary relationship decomposition Transformation from XML Schema to C-XML

  10. Integrated C-XML model instance Transform C-XML1 instance C-XML2 instance Transform Transform XML Schema1 XML Schema2 Integrated XML Schema Integration Integrated XML Schema

  11. Integration

  12. Customer Consumer CustomerDetails ConsumerDetails CustomerName ID CustomerAddr Name Order Addr OrderID Order OrderDate ID-Nr Month Day Year Integration

  13. Integration

  14. Contributions • A vision for applying conceptual modeling to support the need of XML systems analysts • A framework to support the vision • Information- and constraint-preserving mappings between C-XML and XML Schema • Conceptual-level integration indeed properly provides for XML schema integration

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