An approach for generating file interfaces

Ebert, Andreas; Hohenstein, Uwe; Höding, Michael

doi:10.1109/dasfaa.1999.765737

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“…Relevant file formats are discussed, and it is shown how to handle them. In addition to our previous work in Ebert et al (1999), we introduce some new features to incorporate several files and their directory structure. It is important to keep this kind of semantics.…”

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Plugging Files in Database Federations

Hohenstein¹,

Ebert²

2000

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In order to use files in database federations, we propose to migrate file data into a relational database. Integrating the database in a federation is then well-understood. This procedure has the advantage that a ,/eal" database is handled supporting transactions and SQL; files obtain a high-level interface for free. This paper presents a specification-based approach to support the process of migrating file data into a relational database, and vice versa. A specification language provides powerful concepts to describe the contents of files and directories. In contrast to similar work, directory structures are taken into account, because they contain useful semantics. Given some descriptive specification of file contents, an adapter is generated moving data from several files into the database, and the other way round.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%