Hi Nanette,
Thanks for this. I should have said, what I was looking for was
whether it would be possible to get something machine-readable out of
the tool used to create the diagram, like XMI, SQL, or anything
really. If that were possible, then it might also be possible to do a
model-transformation on that to auto-generate an RDF schema
representation of the same model, and then compare that with the RDA
elements schema being created by Diane et al. This could then be a
shortcut to validating their work and finding any missing pieces (save
us all a lot of manual labour). It was really just on the off chance,
not essential to the process.
So can you get Visio to export the model as something
machine-readable?
Cheers,
Alistair
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:30:37PM +0000, Nannette Naught wrote:
> Alistair:
>
> The ERD was created using EERD (i.e., extended entity-relationship diagram)
> modeling in Visio. In approaching the task initially, I looked around at various
> modeling techniques and chose EERD, as the extended set gave me options I
> needed to represent and it was closest to the ERD diagrams used in FRBR,
> etc. As to why Visio? The answer's simple: It's the tool I know and I found a
> cool template for EERD's that made it quick and easy.
>
> If I've missed the question here and the answer you're looking for is what
> methodology did I use in creating it, what were my sources, etc. Let me
> know. I kept a full record of how it was developed and how it's being updated.
> I can provide a quick bulletted list of the methodolgy used to date.
>
> Cheers,
> Nannette
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