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P.A. Bernstein, S. Melnik: Meta Data Management, ICDE'04 Boston
Meta Modeling
lDesign pattern –  develop a representation (i.e. metamodel) for models and mappings
lApplications – they all depend on this
lSolution template
ØDesign a metamodel
ØWrite Import & Export functions
§ImportSQL, ImportXSD, ImportERD, …
ØToday, it is manual engineering design
ØDesign once and reuse often
SM: changed “design patterns depend …” to “applications depend …”