Building information system variants with tailored database schemas using features,” in CAiSE’12 (2012)
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@MISC{Schäler12buildinginformation,
author = {Martin Schäler and Thomas Leich and Marko Rosenmüller and Gunter Saake},
title = {Building information system variants with tailored database schemas using features,” in CAiSE’12},
year = {2012}
}
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Abstract
Abstract. Database schemas are an integral part of many information systems (IS). New software-engineering methods, such as software product lines, allow engineers to create a high number of different programs tailored to the customer needs from a common code base. Unfortunately, these engineering methods usually do not take the database schema into account. Particularly, a tailored client program requires a tailored database schema as well to form a consistent IS. In this paper, we show the challenges of tailoring relational database schemas in software product lines. Furthermore, we present an approach to treat the client and database part of an IS in the same way using a variable database schema. Additionally, we show the benefits and discuss disadvantages of the approach during the evolution of an industrial case study, covering a time span of more than a year.
Keyphrases
tailored database schema information system variant database schema software product line variable database schema many information system different program high number allow engineer industrial case study engineering method discus disadvantage integral part new software-engineering method tailored client program common code base time span relational database schema
