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Relativism and views in a conceptual data base model [electronic resource].

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Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, Berkeley, 1980.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: 8 : digital, PDF file
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University of California, Berkeley and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
In a core schema that attempted to faithfully represent the inter-connectedness of the real world, each class role would need to be made explicit, naming its respectively associated classes and mappings. From each role a characteristic family of derived views can be inferred. In practice, this program need not be fully carried out as there are always connections in the real world which we choose not to model. But it is interesting to imagine an information system that behaved as if all (or at least all obvious) possible views had been automatically defined. It appears that humans have a system for doing some such automatic schema transformation in our natural semantic model of the world. As we constantly shift perspectives we seem always to be able to readily call up whatever role is appropriate for any given object in (mental) view. The work described falls in an area that is just on the edge of currently developing DB technologies. It is motivated by a desire to achieve systems that are more natural, more intelligent, and which better complement and support our own intellectual activity in the management and modelling of complex environments. There are, of course, many issues involved here which are far from the arena of cognitive science (especially the more purely technical issues of physical system implementation.) But there are many aspects of the interface toward which these efforts are aimed which remain open questions that AI and cognitive science in general can help to clarify.
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E 1.99:lbl-10752
E 1.99: conf-8006135-1
conf-8006135-1
lbl-10752
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Published through SciTech Connect.
04/01/1980.
"lbl-10752"
" conf-8006135-1"
Workshop on data abstraction databases and conceptual modelling, Pingree Park, CO, USA, 23 Jun 1980.
Kreps, P.
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W-7405-ENG-48
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