| Preface |
| Why Information Modeling? / 1： |
| Difficulties in software development |
| How projects go awry |
| Information modeling as an answer |
| When to use information modeling in the software development process |
| Preview |
| Basic Ideas / 2： |
| A quick intuitive introduction to the elements of the model |
| Objects / 3： |
| Definition of object |
| Identifying objects |
| Object descriptions |
| Naming objects |
| Testing objects |
| Attributes / 4： |
| Definition of attributes |
| Notation |
| Finding and classifying attributes |
| Identifiers |
| Attribute descriptions |
| Domains |
| Formalizing the concept of table |
| Relationships / 5： |
| Concept of a relationship |
| Forms of binary relationships |
| Unconditional one-to-one relationships |
| Unconditional one-to-many relationships |
| Unconditional many-to-many relationships |
| Semantics and modeling of conditional forms |
| Constructions Involving Many Objects / 6： |
| Subtypes and supertypes |
| Associative objects |
| Representation of the Information Model / 7： |
| Information structure diagrams |
| Overview information structure diagram |
| Object specification document |
| Relationship specification document |
| Summary document |
| Techniques / 8： |
| Document research |
| Dialog |
| Technical notes |
| Reviews |
| Other suggestions |
| The Role of the Information Model in System Development / 9： |
| Software development processes |
| The analysis phase: An object-oriented approach |
| The external specification phase |
| The system design phase |
| The implementation phase |
| Summary |
| Information Model for Management of Magnetic Tapes / Appendix A： |
| Data Organization for a Real-Time Process Control System / Appendix B： |
| References / Appendix C： |
| Index |
| Preface |
| Why Information Modeling? / 1： |
| Difficulties in software development |
| How projects go awry |
| Information modeling as an answer |
| When to use information modeling in the software development process |
