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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2009
Anke Schmeink, Herzogenrath, DE;
Sandra Geisler, Aachen, DE;
Andreas Brauers, Aachen, DE;
Christoph Josef Quix, Aachen, DE;
Anke Schmeink, Herzogenrath, DE;
Sandra Geisler, Aachen, DE;
Andreas Brauers, Aachen, DE;
Christoph Josef Quix, Aachen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method for creating a relational database schema is provided. The method comprises accessing () a reference ontology () comprising a first number of concepts and a second number of properties, selecting () a first set of concepts from the reference ontology, determining () a first set of properties from said second number of properties, associated with the selected first set of concepts, determining () a second set of concepts associated with the determined first set of properties, and generating () a relational database schema comprising a number of tables, of which at least one table pertains to a concept of said second set of concepts. Further, a module () for creating a relational database schema is provided.