Easik - software for categorical database design
This announces the release of Easik, a Java application providing a graphical design environment for Entity-Attribute (EA) sketches. These sketches are the syntactic basis for the categorical Sketch Data Model (SkDM) which extends and enhances the standard Entity-Relationship-Attribute data model. For extensive information about the Sketch Data Model consult the web sites of the poster and Michael Johnson. Complementing its graphical interface, Easik can save an EA sketch design into an XML document which is exportable to a database schema in SQL. The schema includes triggers and procedures to enforce the constraints defined graphically. Easik provides connectivity to common database management systems via JDBC. The application is available for download at http://mathcs.mta.ca/research/rosebrugh/Easik or follow links from http://www.mta.ca/~rrosebru/ Instructions for using Easik are are on the Web pages: - users may download a Java archive (jar file) providing the application and - source code is available. Easik was developed by Robert Fletcher, Kevin Green, Vera Ranieri and Robert Rosebrugh with support from NSERC Canada and Mount Allison University. We are interested comments from users, and would also appreciate receiving reports of difficulties with function or usability. Bob Rosebrugh
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