Modeling Business Objects with XML Schema

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Conceptual Modeling

2.1 Motivation

2.2 Principles of Conceptual Modeling

2.3 Entity Relationship Diagrams

2.4 Reality of Conceptual Modeling

2.5 Introducing Asset Oriented Modeling

To some this chapter might come as a surprise: Conceptual modeling is a topic that is not frequently discussed in the context of XML. But XML has become a mainstream enterprise technology with applications far beyond the classical document applications of SGML. In enterprises, XML plays a role as an integration format for diverse data formats, typically for inter-application messaging. Relational databases are equipped with XML layers, and native XML-database and XML-enabled middleware has appeared on the market. In these application fields, solid engineering ...