Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
Selected Bibliography
Batini, C., S. Ceri, and S. B. Navathe, Conceptual Database Design: An
Entity-Relationship Approach, Redwood City, CA: Benjamin/Cummings,
1992.
This topic is devoted to conceptual modeling but focuses on DBs.
Nijssen, G. M., and T. A. Halpin, Conceptual Schema and Relational
Database Design, New York: Prentice-Hall, 1989.
Chapter 2 of this topic (along with Chapter 4 of [14]) is an appropriate
general introduction to conceptual modeling.
Borgida, A., S. Greenspan, and J. Mylopoulos, Knowledge Representation
as the Basis for Requirements Specifications, IEEE Computer, Apr. 1985,
pp. 8291.
This article emphasizes principles with reference to languages.
Loucopoulos, P., Conceptual Modeling, in Conceptual Modeling, Data-
bases, and CASE: An Integrated View of Information Systems Development, P.
Loucopoulos and R. Zicari (eds.), New York: Wiley, 1992, pp. 126, and
Rolland, C., and C. Cauvet, Trends and Perspectives in Conceptual Model-
ing, pp. 2748 in the same topic, provide a complete picture of conceptual
models and conceptual modeling languages, including many references.
Falkenberg et al., A Framework of Information System Concepts: The
FRISCO Report, IFIP WG 8.1 Task Group FRISCO, Dec. 1996.
This report is a recent in-depth treatment of IS concepts.
Boman, M., et al., Conceptual Modeling, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-
Hall, 1997.
This is one of the very few topics that deals entirely with conceptual mod-
eling of information systems.
Mylopolous, J., Information Modeling in the Time of the Revolution,
Information Systems, Vol. 23, No. 3/4, 1998, pp. 127155.
This article gives a modern view of the field.
