Meronymic Relationships
Veda C. Storey · Journal of Database Management · 1991
Different types of meronymic, or part-whole, relationships have long been recognized as being important, but difficult to distinguish amongst, by researchers in areas outside of the database field. The purpose of the research reported here is to analyze these relationships and show how they apply to database design problems. This includes both providing a clear set of rules for distinguishing amongst different types of meronymic relationships and determining how a design can be affected based upon the analysis.