Formal foundations for object-oriented data modeling
Karl J. Lieberherr, C. Xiao · IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering · 1993
Class dictionary graphs, axiomatic definitions of basic structures used by object-oriented designers and programmers during the software development process, are discussed. An axiomatic foundation for object-oriented data modeling and efficient algorithms for checking whether a given data model satisfies the axioms are presented. The data model is the foundation for a number of techniques for developing object-oriented systems, including adaptive software, schema abstraction from object examples, schema optimization, planning techniques for system development, and the Law of Demeter, among others.>