All, I was going to save this for the next JCM (due in the next couple of days) but I thought JCM list subscribers deserved the first notice. I just got word...
Scot A. Becker
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Feb 6, 2001 3:15 pm
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InConcept Announces the Release of the February Issue of the JCM February 8, 2001 – InConcept today announced the release of the February issue of the...
Scot A. Becker
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Feb 9, 2001 11:32 am
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InConcept Announces the Release of the February Issue of the JCM February 8, 2001 – InConcept today announced the release of the February issue of the...
Scot A. Becker
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Feb 9, 2001 8:36 pm
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I have, in my logical model, several tables used for import from external data sources that are copies of my working tables. The columns within the tables are...
mark.j.allred@...
Feb 13, 2001 8:42 pm
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Dear Mark, I experienced a similar (but possibly different) dilemma. As a result of that experience, I wrote myself the following reminder: "Before you start...
Peter Marshall
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Feb 14, 2001 2:25 pm
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INCONCEPT ANNOUNCES MORE OBJECT-ROLE MODELING SEMINAR DATES February 14, 2001: For Immediate Release – Due to increased demand, InConcept is proud to...
Scot A. Becker
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Feb 14, 2001 11:45 pm
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Good day everyone Couple of questions: I want to model the following UoD concept; Structure and Land Parcel are two primitive entity types. Property is an...
swright@...
Feb 21, 2001 9:18 pm
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Here's a quick response to Shayne's questions. (1) We currently don't support nesting of n:1 associations, but we do allow nesting of 1:1 associations (e.g....
Terry Halpin
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Feb 21, 2001 11:53 pm
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Since you have a object Property jsut use it directly. The older, non-nesting, modelers would see it that way. Property is partly idnetified by Land Parcel. ...
Patrick Hallock
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Feb 22, 2001 12:53 am
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Responding only to Shayne's repository question: A couple years ago while I was investigating repository technology, I developed software that was able to...
Cuyler, David S
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Feb 22, 2001 1:09 am
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Hi Dave, Which UML version / XMI version did you implement? also what XMI enabled tools did you tested it with? On another subject, I am also curious to know...
Christian Bremeau
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Feb 22, 2001 4:01 am
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Hi Terry and Pat Here are a few more details regarding questions one and three. I will use Terry's questions as my response template. ... do ... husband of ......
swright@...
Feb 22, 2001 3:33 pm
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Although you can set up an association between Property and Structure, this can't be used as a component of Property's primary identification scheme, because a...
Terry Halpin
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Feb 22, 2001 7:34 pm
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Hello To give everyone a better idea of my problem with respect to nesting and uniqueness constraints, I have created a new jcm file folder called Discussion...
swright@...
Feb 22, 2001 8:49 pm
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Each Structure is contained within at most one Parcel. Examples: Parcel 12345 contains Structure 98765. Parcel 23456 contains Structure 98765. The second...
don.tonner@...
Feb 22, 2001 10:49 pm
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Thanks for pointing that out. When I reversed my roles for diagraming purposes, I forgot to reverse my fact table examples. I have reposted the fixed diagram...
Shayne Wright
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Feb 23, 2001 2:36 pm
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Hi Shayne, Your upload clarified your problem for me. I have uploaded another MS Word document into the same folder. In this, I try to explain why the nesting...
Kornelis, H.
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Feb 23, 2001 2:38 pm
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Terry, Ah, I missed that. So, the Property would require it's own identification with a mandatory structure and an optional Land Parcel. I was reading to fast ...
Patrick Hallock
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Feb 23, 2001 2:38 pm
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I thought people in this discussion group may be interested in responding to the call for presentations for the 2001 Business Rules Forum. ... Business Rules...
Terry Moriarty
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Feb 27, 2001 1:40 am
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OK...........I've created the orm model and done all the checks....how do I now get Viso Modeler to build the data base in access 2000???? How does one...
Peter Crooke
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Feb 28, 2001 2:54 pm
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... checks....how do I now get Viso Modeler to build the data base in access 2000???? ... Peter: The easiest way is to create a blank Access Database in Access...
don.tonner@...
Feb 28, 2001 6:47 pm
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Help!!!! My users have requested a database design that I don't know the best way to handle. Basically what we have is for each table a valid begin and end...
candace_mccabe@...
Mar 18, 2001 5:04 am
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Candace, First, the 3rd normal form request. Third normal form has a defined set of rules. It either is, or is not in 3rd normal form. If you obey these rules...
Patrick Hallock
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Mar 18, 2001 10:00 pm
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Ontologies (a representation of the structure of reality), resulting from Ontology (the study of reality) are a current focus of considerable academic and...
mark.j.allred@...
Mar 28, 2001 12:45 am
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Hi Mark You raise some good questions. Professor Robert Meersman at the Free University of Brussels (the site of the original Control Data Lab where the first...
Terry Halpin
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Mar 28, 2001 1:14 am
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When I first learned of ORM several years ago, I was struck by its structural resemblance to Conceptual Graphs (see http://www.bestweb.net/~sowa/cg/), which ...
Johnston, Mark
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Mar 28, 2001 2:29 pm
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Mark, Thank you for your insights. Your comments have enlarged my thinking into new avenues. I'll admit, immediately, only a passing familiarity with...
mark.j.allred@...
Mar 28, 2001 8:58 pm
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Mark and others, The issue between the conceptual model and down stream models has been a hot issue for some time. I would agree that keeping the conceptual...
Patrick Hallock
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Mar 29, 2001 2:01 am
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Dear all, I'm a newcomer here, so please excuse me if I don't grasp the assumed context of this forum. But I think "Topic Maps" may be related to the...
Svante Kleist
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Mar 29, 2001 2:26 pm
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They are certainly related. Ontological analyses basically provide classification rules for objects in the real world. (e.g., Mammals breathe air, Fish don't...