Matbase – A Tool for Transparent Programming While Modelling Data at Conceptual Levels

摘要

MatBase is a prototype intelligent data and knowledge base management system based on the Relational,Entity-Relationship, and (Elementary) Mathematical Data Models, having two currentversions (MS SQL Server and C#, MS Access and VBA). Users may work with it only at one orany combination of these conceptual levels, without any programming knowledge (be it SQL, C#,VBA, etc.), to create, populate, update, and delete databases and corresponding managementsoftware applications. The paper introduces the MatBase architecture and the principles used totransparently program while modelling data at these three conceptual levels with this tool. A real-lifeexample illustrates them.