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Practical experience shows that the maintenance of databases with a very large schema causes severe problems, and no systematic support is provided. In this paper we address this problem. Based on the analysis of a large number of very large database schemata we identify twelve frequently recurring meta-structures in three categories associated with schema construction, lifespan and context. We argue that systematic use of these meta-structures will ease the modelling and maintenance of very large database schemata.
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Ma, H., Schewe, KD., Thalheim, B. (2009). Modelling and Maintenance of Very Large Database Schemata Using Meta-structures. In: Yang, J., Ginige, A., Mayr, H.C., Kutsche, RD. (eds) Information Systems: Modeling, Development, and Integration. UNISCON 2009. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01112-2_4
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