18 Other Modeling Aspects and Trends
Abstract
This chapter discusses other aspects and recent trends related to modeling and querying information systems. Section 18.2 provides a brief introduction to data warehousing and online analytical processing. Section 18.3 discusses some very high-level languages for querying information systems. Section 18.4 outlines some ways to perform schema abstraction, enabling modelers to focus on various aspects by hiding other details. Section 18.5 discusses further design aspects, such as coordinating data and process models, and user interface design. Section 18.6 outlines some recent work on ontologies and the semantic web, especially OWL. Section 18.7 provides an introduction to metamodeling, in which ...
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