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STEP feasibility study


Description

Goals and Results

In this project, the applicability of the coming ISO standard STEP is investigated. The study should reveal the efforts to be taken for a complete STEP/EXPRESS schema. Such a schema is exemplified in the field of "High-voltage asynchronous motors". It consists of some 100 entities. As a result, the considered target area has been re-modelled in terms of data model and data flow.

The STEP schema seems to become smaller as far as the number of entities is concerened. Compared to the E/R-schema of a relational database, a decreasing factor of 1/3 is achieved. A significantly increased number of relationships is contained in the model, however.

Sponsor

Siemens-NMA, Nuremberg

Project term

November 1992 - October 1994

More information

Abbildung von EXPRESS auf Datenbanksysteme - Probleme und Lösungsvorschläge
This paper describes how data models given in the EXPRESS syntax can be stored in a database. Different approaches (relational, object-oriented) are discussed.

Project members (IMMD VI)

Contact

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