NORMA - Information

Example of ORM2 - Verbalization and XML

Ken Evans — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:07:11 GMT

This file is provided to support my response to Jakob Voss in the http://www.ormfoundation.org/forums/ > Tools> Other Tools>ORM2 Exchange Language

The file shows a simple ORM2 model with its verbalization and representation in XML.

Ken

Updated Linq to SQL WCF service transform

jbailey — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:39:23 GMT

This transform adds the following settings:

OptimizeOperationalMethods - Will determine if the operational methods (Insert, Update, Delete) should be set to one way. Automatically turns off transaction flow if set to true.
UseTransactionFlow - Will determine if transaction flow is used
UseTransactionScope - will determine if transaction scope is used for the operational methods.

User Guide - to April 2008 release of NORMA

Ken Evans — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:23:47 GMT

This is a user guide for NORMA. It is based on the 2008 April version of NORMA.

The text was prepared by Gordon Everest for students in his Advanced Database Design class at the University of Minnesota during the 2008 spring semester.

This document is an appendix to (and is referenced in) the paper that Gordon is to present at the ORM workshop in Mexico in November 2008. Gordon's paper will be published in the proceedings of the ORM 2008 workshop.

Thanks Gordon

Model fragment for preferred calling method

Brian Nalewajek — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:25:03 GMT

An ORM model fragment as part of a reply to a question on modeling a preferred communication menthod for a given contact at a given time..orm file VS 2005 nORMa June CTP.

Proposal for ORM 2 Object Shape Variant

Brian Nalewajek — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:39:21 GMT

This is an initial proposal for a variant of the Object Shape in ORM 2. It is hoped that including a variant of the Object shape will provide a number of benefits, and at a minimal cost. The proposed shape variant is not tool specific, but should be appropriate for any graphical ORM tool. Comments and suggested modifications to the proposal are welcome. A thread in the Extensions to ORM forum will accompany this submission.

How to use the ORM Context Window in NORMA

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:38:31 GMT

When creating Object-Role models, the diagrams can become quite large. The ORM Context Window helps by allowing a user to generate a view based on a selected object.

Important Note: The ORM Context Window is a read only feature. It is not intended for editing a model.

For this example, the ORM file from Lab 3 is used.

This document was prepared by Andrew Cordes. Thanks Andrew!

How to control NORMA error message display

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:24:51 GMT

The NORMA tool allows you to toggle on/off the display of various categories of error.

This document by Terry Halpin explains how to use this feature.

ORM 2 Symbol Glossary

admin — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:25:02 GMT

Glossary of Symbols in the ORM 2 notation used by NORMA, and their counterparts in the ORM 1 notation used by Microsoft Visio

File originally uploaded by Terry Halpin on 26 July 2007
Thanks Terry!

ORM 2 Graphical Notation

admin — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:15:40 GMT

This paper provides an overview of, and motivation for, the enhancements introduced by the ORM 2 graphical notation.

Object-role Modeling (ORM) is a fact-oriented modeling approach for expressing, transforming and querying information at a conceptual level. Unlike Entity-Relationship modeling and Unified Modeling Language class diagramming, fact-oriented modeling is attribute-free, treating all elementary facts as relationships expressed in natural language sentences.

For information modeling, ORM graphical notations are typically far more expressive than other notations, and ORM’s attribute-free nature promotes semantic stability and facilitates natural verbalization. Based on industrial experience that identified ways to improve current ORM languages and associated tools, a project is under way to provide open-source tool support for a second generation ORM (ORM 2), that has significant advances over current ORM technology.

Help - Sample Population Overview

admin — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:11:45 GMT

When you build an object-role model, it is helpful to use sample data to validate the model against the Universe of Discourse.

You can do this with the sample population editor in the NORMA tool.
The sample population editor is located by default
in the bottom pane of MS Visual studio, near where the Error List is
docked by default.

Document originally posed by Andrew Cordes on 11 July 2007.
Thanks Andrew