The Concept of Data Model Pattern Based on Fully Communication Oriented Information Modeling (FCO-IM)

Authors

  • Fazat Nur Azizah School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Bandung Institute of Technology
  • Benhard Sitohang School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Bandung Institute of Technology
  • Guido P. Bakema Faculty of Engineering, Institute of Information Technology, Media and Communication, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
  • Oerip S. Santoso School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Bandung Institute of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5614/itbj.ict.2010.4.1.3

Abstract

Just as in many areas of software engineering, patterns have been used in  data modeling  to  create high quality  data  models.  We  provide  a  concept  of data  model  pattern  based  on  Fully  Communication  Oriented  Information Modeling  (FCO-IM),  a  fact  oriented  data  modeling  method.  A  data  model pattern is  defined  as  the relation  between  context, problem,  an d  solution.  This definition is adopted from the concept of pattern by Christopher Alexander. We define the concept of Information Grammar for Pattern (IG P) in the solution part of  a  pattern,  which  works  as  a  template  to  create  a  data  model.  The  IG P  also shows how a pattern can relate to other patterns. The data model pattern concept is then used to describe 15 data model patterns, organized into 4 categories. A case study on geographical location is provided to show the use of the concept in a real case.

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2010)

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