A SERM based framework to optimize the modelling of entity life history
[ 1 ] Wydział Techniczny, Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża | [ P ] employee
2024
scientific article / paper
english
- SERM semantic data model
- ELH (Entity Life History) diagrams
- SA&D (Structured Analysis & Design)
EN This article is the next in a series presenting the application of the SERM (Structured Entity Relationship Model), an extension of the classic ERM (Entity Relationship Model). An in-depth analysis of the model reveals the enormous possibilities offered by its hierarchical layout. So far, the SERM model has only been used at the data modelling stage. This technique allows the construction of semantic data structures, the identification of mandatory relationships, data blocks and logical rules to secure data integrity. Based on the assumption that an information system is used to process data, all the events that support it and their relationships with children and/or parents form the story of their lives. By analogy with human life, the starting point for creating entity life history diagrams is the basic sequence of events: birth, growth and death. The aim of this paper is to present new functionalities of a framework based on the SERM model. The proposed solution supports the intelligent modelling of events that form the life history of entities. In this way, it goes beyond the scope of data modelling and eliminates the need to build a model of functions and processes.
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