The design of a hybrid authoring tool for modelling complex business applications

摘要

This article describes the design and implementation of a general purpose complete function for modelling complex business processes according to their requirements. The unique features of this system are the object-oriented architecture of linking various database systems and the knowledge based approach for controlling the semantics of data model. From the application point of view, its simple user interface provides users with the facilities for creating object and relationship types, examining object definitions, browsing objects and moving objects to locations by users. As a hybrid system, it not only allows users to use conventional data model methods to model their business but also to exchange data between different database systems. In this paper, we will first discuss the fundamental implementation mechanisms of this system and the associated design methodologies. We then use some screen pictures to demonstrate the usage of GORML.