Happy Monday to you all! I'm more than a bit surprised that the challenge I submitted regarding Zachman abstraction vs. refinement garnered absolutely no...
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Scot A. Becker
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May 11, 1999 10:27 pm
Hi All, I'm always looking for ways to improve the JCM, so I thought I'd post and see if any of you can offer me some insight. Feel free to respond to the list...
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dennis_corbo@...
May 14, 1999 2:27 pm
Scot - I would like to see more articles that are less academic and show ORM being used in practice. I would also be interested in articles that show that ORM...
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scotb@...
May 14, 1999 5:54 pm
... Dennis, Thanks for the feedback. ORM-in-the-real-world articles have been on my list as well. I’m thinking about a couple of possible articles myself....
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dkretz@...
May 18, 1999 11:23 pm
After several months' experience with Info/Visomodeler, I have questions. Here are several: 1. Is there a modeling concept for a default value for an...
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Patrick Hallock
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May 19, 1999 3:05 am
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** ... Sorry. THis is a desired option - it could be added as something like the current values or ranges options. It...
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bmaclean@...
May 19, 1999 3:42 am
I will take a stab at answering your questions: 1) No 'default value' constraint comes to mind. There are range values (which result in CHECK clauses down at ...
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dkretz@...
May 20, 1999 2:25 pm
<199906021857250562.001bbbe-@...> wrote: Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/jcm/?start=84 ... eGroups.com home:...
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dkretz@...
May 20, 1999 2:25 pm
<19990519031940.ghmh1639-@...> wrote: Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/jcm/?start=85 ... Right, my point exactly. It seems...
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niam@...
May 22, 1999 8:57 pm
<7hsqas$po0-@egroups.com> wrote: Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/group/jcm/?start=83 ... <snip> A default value is something that ORM forces us to ask...
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John G Harris
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May 28, 1999 7:23 pm
<7i0g6r$nff-@egroups.com> wrote: Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/group/jcm/?start=87 ... <snip> ... <snip> I don't know about San Francisco, but there...
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Scot A. Becker
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Jun 4, 1999 6:21 pm
Hello all, In the upcoming issue of the JCM (due out early next week), I am trying something a bit different with my article. As part of my paper, I will also ...
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Scot A. Becker
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Jun 8, 1999 7:02 am
The June Issue of the Journal of Conceptual Modeling (JCM) is now online at http://www.inconcept.com/JCM/. About the JCM: The JCM is a completely free resource...
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Allred, Mark J
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Jun 9, 1999 5:02 pm
I'd like to add just a bit to this vein (gold or fools' gold, you decide). I do not conceive of any way to record the actual values of the defaults in ORM --...
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Terry Halpin
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Jun 9, 1999 6:23 pm
At least some aspects of default knowledge are conceptual. I've included a brief discussion on this in my latest article for the Journal of Conceptual Modeling...
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Scot A. Becker
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Jun 9, 1999 6:26 pm
... Minor clarification: the URL is: http://www.inconcept.com/JCM/June1999/halpin.html Scot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scot A. Becker Principal...
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Scot A. Becker
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Jun 10, 1999 6:33 pm
Reminder: The lecture portion of my recent JCM Paper, Data Schema Normalization, is about to start (approx. 30 minutes from now). The paper and connections...
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Scot A. Becker
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Jun 10, 1999 9:21 pm
For those of you who missed today's online lecture, an edited transcript is available at the JCM. FYI, Scot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scot A....
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Terry Halpin
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Jun 10, 1999 9:59 pm
Hi Scot Got bogged down with work and missed it. What is the precise URL for the transcript? Terry ... eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/jcm ...
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Scot A. Becker
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Jun 10, 1999 10:01 pm
... Oh, sorry. It's hyperlinked on the main page as well as in the article. Also, the file can be downloaded at: http://www.inconcept.com/files/lecture.txt ...
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Terry Halpin
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Jun 11, 1999 5:46 pm
Hi Scot Thanks. Nice transcript. I like the informal chatty style. One minor typo: our ORM website is www.orm.net (orm.com was already taken by a Olympic...
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Scot A. Becker
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Jun 11, 1999 5:54 pm
... I do too. I'm hoping to do more of this in the future. I like the ability to interact with JCM readers. Plus, it's nice to have the ability to elaborate on...
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Scot A. Becker
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Jul 1, 1999 10:49 pm
An interesting question popped up on another data modeling list. Someone was looking for info on implementing ORM without the graphics. I've heard that there...
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Cuyler, David S
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Jul 1, 1999 11:29 pm
Actually John Sharp has been doing this for some time. The FCO-NIAM folks do this as well (Harm van der Lek, et al). ... eGroups.com home:...
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Scot A. Becker
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Jul 1, 1999 11:37 pm
... Yup. I think the question I got was directed specifically at FORML (elementary facts). I was getting at more of what lingo patterns are used to capture the...
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dennis_corbo@...
Jul 7, 1999 6:00 pm
They may want to take a look at one of the PROLOG sites for information about programming in logic. It not only allows facts to be specified in text but the...
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Scot A. Becker
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Jul 8, 1999 1:01 am
InConcept Object-Role Modeling Seminar Introduction InConcept, Inc. is proud to announce an upcoming ORM seminar in Minneapolis, MN. Dates Wednesday, September...
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Allred, Mark J
Mark.Allred@...
Jul 16, 1999 1:00 pm
Stan Kimball recently wrote in Intelligent Enterprise, "STIRRING THINGS UP" (http://www.iemagazine.com/992206/warehouse.shtml): "Entity-relation (E-R) models...
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Johnston, Mark
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Jul 17, 1999 12:53 am
Mark, An example (admittedly rather silly) which I think of from time to time may serve to clarify what both you and the author are wrestling with. Imagine, if...
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Scot A. Becker
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Jul 17, 1999 3:15 pm
In addition to Mark Johnston's response, I thought I'd add a few points. ... This is a fantastic quote, when considered by itself.... he he he ... It all comes...
