The problem of unique name violations in database integration
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Authors
Beyer, Renae M.
Subjects
Synonym
Homonym
Database Integration
Unique Name Violations
Naming Conflicts
Quiddity
Homonym
Database Integration
Unique Name Violations
Naming Conflicts
Quiddity
Advisors
Bhargava, H.K.
Date of Issue
1991-03
Date
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
When multiple database schemas are integrated, there are often conflicts in the naming of
attributes within the schemas. These conflicts must be detected and resolved prior to successful
integration of the schemas. This thesis describes a method for automatically detecting such
naming conflicts, which adapts and enhances a method for detecting similar conflicts in
(mathematical) model integration. The method relies on the representation of semantic
information, not found in data dictionaries, about the data elements or attributes present in the
various schemas. This information about data elements is then used by mechanical inference
procedures to automatically determine whether two distinctly named elements in fact represent
the same object (the synonym problem), or if data elements with the same name in different
schemas actually represent different objects (the homonym problem). The expected accuracy and
errors of these procedures, and results obtained from a set of experiments on the use of this
method, are also presented.
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Thesis
Description
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Department
Information Systems
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
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Format
133 p.;28 cm.
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