Reconciliation of Knowledge - Applications in Automated Database Design Diagnosing

Abstract

The knowledge reconciliation technique to represent real world knowledge has been used by an automated database design tool when performing the task of design synthesis. However, the capacity of such an approach to enhance the diagnostic capabilities of automated database design tools has yet to be explored and evaluated. This paper discusses how the knowledge reconciliation technique has the potential to improve the diagnostic capabilities of the automated database design tools by fascilitating the detection and subsequent resolving of design inconsistencies that would remain undiscovered in situations where system-held real world knowledge was not available.