Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Bollen Peter
Author-workplace-name: METEOR
Title: A Formal ORM-to -UML Mapping Algorithm
Abstract: The object-role model (ORM) data structure can be represented in the unified modeling language (UML) using the five fact encoding constructs: class attribute, association, association class, sub-class and the association qualifier.  In the existing literature there exist numerous mappings of how individual fact types from an ORM information model can be mapped onto ‘well-formed’ UML expressions. What is lacking in the existing literature is a precise description of the conditions on the ‘source’ object-role model under which a specific UML fact encoding construct can be applied in the ‘target’ UML class diagram. In this paper we will show under what conditions, a specific UML fact encoding construct must be applied in a way that results in a well-formed UML class diagram.
Keywords: computer science applications; 
Series: Research Memoranda
Creation-Date: 2002
Number: 015
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Handle: RePEc:unm:umamet:2002015