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Set notation as a language to specify data transformation programs
Author(s) -
Abbott Russell J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380190607
Subject(s) - programming language , computer science , notation , transformation (genetics) , generator (circuit theory) , set (abstract data type) , data transformation , program transformation , theoretical computer science , data manipulation language , data type , language construct , functional programming , declarative programming , programming paradigm , inductive programming , database , arithmetic , mathematics , biochemistry , chemistry , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , data warehouse , gene
To allow tools in a computer‐based working environment to share data, it is sometimes necessary to transform the data from the form used by one tool to the form expected by another. An application generator has been developed that generates data transformation programs from high‐level descriptions of the required transformations. The transformation specifications are expressed in traditional set notation, which combines features of functional and logic programming. The system thus offers a powerful declarative language for expressing data transformations.