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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1996
Forouzan Golshani, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Oris D Friesen, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Thomas H Howell, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Bull HN Information Systems Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Abstract
A method executed by a computer system for providing a visual interface Nor specifying relationships and correspondences between two graphically displayed database schemas in object oriented form. After displaying two schemas, selecting an object one from each and displaying their attributes. After selecting a pair of attributes if they are key attributes, comparing their domains and recording same and checking to determine if there is a mis-match as to data types. If either attribute is not a key attribute, checking to see if there is a mis- match of data types. If in either case there is no mismatch, then select a name for the combined attribute and deleting the attributes so combined from the list of attributes for each object. Repeating until all attributes of all objects of the two schemas have been combined, then generating a file containing all correspondences and a list of all assertions of correspondences.