Patrick van Bommel, Computing and Information Science, Radboud University Nijmegen

Information Systems 1 (IS1)

1. The course considers the following topics:
   • Foundations of information modelling techniques. Data models and process models.
   • Comparison of fact-oriented modelling and object-oriented modelling.
   • Abstraction mechanisms.
   • Semantics of complex integrity constraints. Static constraints versus dynamic constraints.
   • Meta data models of data models and process models.
   • Meta process models of data models and process models.
   • Artificial identification and real identification.
   • Validation of information models.
   • Verification and enforcement.
   • Path expressions through information structures.
   • Relationship with ER, NIAM, UML, XML, OO, RDBMS, ORDBMS, SQL.
2. The lecture notes of this course are provided at the start of the course.
3. The latest update about this course is provided via e-mail.