 An Analysis of ‘Fan Traps’ in an Eer Schema by Using a Set of ‘Info Concepts’Junkang Feng
Chapter 91 in Synergy Matters, 2002, pp 541-546 from Springer Abstract: Summary This paper tackles a confusing issue in EER modelling, namely fan traps by using a mechanism, which was developed on the basis of soft systems thinking and some ideas regarding signs and their meanings. The mechanism enables the problem to be looked at from both the topological perspective and semantic perspective. The former can be seen as being at the ‘sign’ level, the latter the ‘information’ level. An innovative concept presented here is the ‘basic meaning’ and ‘implied meaning’ of a path. The ‘basic meaning’ of a path is the set of true instance connections that the path’s topological structure can always represent without referring to any organizational rules. Applying ‘organizational rules’ onto the basic meaning of a path of some certain structure arrives at some implied meaning of the path. An implied meaning of a path is either part or the whole of a set of true semantic connections (i.e., information) that the path is capable of representing under the ‘organizational rules’. The essence of a fan trap is that ‘false and undesirable semantic connections are not recognized’, which is part of a larger problem of whether and how a piece of information is represented by the structure of an EER schema. Date: 2002 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-306-47467-5_91 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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