The Unified Modeling Language (UML), the standard
graphical notation for modeling business and software application
needs, has emerged as an effective modeling tool for database design.
When used as a common modeling language for the many facets of system
development, the UML can serve as a unifying framework that facilitates
the integration of database models with the rest of a system design.
This pragmatic guide introduces you to the UML and leads you through
the process of UML-based database modeling and design. The book
presents the different types of UML diagrams, explaining how they apply
to the database world, and shows how data modeling with the UML can be
tied into the Rational Unified Process.
UML for Database Design
is structured around the database design process: business use case
modeling, business object modeling, database requirements definition,
analysis and preliminary design, and, finally, detailed design and
deployment. For each phase of development the book describes the
overall objectives and workflow of that phase, the status of the case
study, the relevant UML constructs, and the nuts and bolts of database
modeling and design with the UML. Drawing on their extensive industry
experience, the authors reveal the trials and tribulations of database
development teams, lessons learned, and pointers for success.
Topics covered include:
- The business use case model
- Activity and sequence diagrams for modeling database functions and tasks
- Moving from the business to system model
- Class diagrams and statecharts
- Mapping classes to tables
- Transformation of attributes
- Rational's UML Profile for Database Design
- Creating tables from classes
- DDL scripts, component diagrams, and deployment diagrams
- Jump starting the database design process
A case study runs throughout the book to illustrate key concepts and
techniques, and appendixes containing the actual UML models from this
case study are used to catalog the type and extent of models that would
be developed for such a system.
Practical, concrete, and based on real-life experience, UML for Database Design
brings you exactly the information you need to begin working with the
UML and take full advantage of the technology for high-quality database
modeling and design.
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