ConceptBase
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ConceptBase is a deductive and object-oriented database management system
developed at University of Aachen
and Tilburg University. It is mainly used for conceptual modeling and metamodeling
in the domain of software engineering
and related domains.
ConceptBase combines the following features:
Database management system
A database management system is a software package with computer programs that control the creation, maintenance, and use of a database. It allows organizations to conveniently develop databases for various applications by database administrators and other specialists. A database is an integrated...
developed at University of Aachen
RWTH Aachen
RWTH Aachen University is a research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with roughly 33,000 students enrolled in 101 study programs....
and Tilburg University. It is mainly used for conceptual modeling and metamodeling
Metamodeling
Metamodeling, or meta-modeling in software engineering and systems engineering among other disciplines, is the analysis, construction and development of the frames, rules, constraints, models and theories applicable and useful for modeling a predefined class of problems...
in the domain of software engineering
Software engineering
Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...
and related domains.
ConceptBase combines the following features:
- Object-oriented concepts such as classes and inheritance
- Deductive rules evaluated by a DatalogDatalogDatalog is a query and rule language for deductive databases that syntactically is a subset of Prolog. Its origins date back to the beginning of logic programming, but it became prominent as a separate area around 1977 when Hervé Gallaire and Jack Minker organized a workshop on logic and databases...
engine - Active rules conforming to the event condition actionEvent condition actionEvent Condition Action is a short-cut for referring to the structure of active rules in event driven architecture and active database systems.Such a rule traditionally consisted of three parts:...
(ECA) paradigm - Recursive function definitions
- MetamodelingMetamodelingMetamodeling, or meta-modeling in software engineering and systems engineering among other disciplines, is the analysis, construction and development of the frames, rules, constraints, models and theories applicable and useful for modeling a predefined class of problems...
with arbitrarily many abstraction levels (metaclasses, meta metaclasses)