Profiling data to determine metadata about a given dataset is an important and frequent
activity of any IT professional and researcher and is necessary for various use-cases. It …

Database reverse engineering (DRE) has traditionally been carried out by considering three
main information sources:(1) the database schema,(2) the stored data, and (3) the …

The maintenance of an existing database depends on the depth of understanding of its
characteristics. Such an understanding is easily lost when the developers disperse. The …

Database reverse engineering consists of recovering the abstract descriptions of files and
databases of legacy information systems. A legacy information system can be defined as a …

The paper describes a method to cope with denormalized relational schemas in a database
reverse engineering process. We propose two main steps to improve the understanding of …

Database-centric applications (DCAs) usually contain a large number of tables, attributes,
and constraints describing the underlying data model. Understanding how database tables …

This paper analyzes the requirements that CASE tools should meet for effective database
reverse engineering (DBRE), and proposes a general architecture for data-centered …

System evolution most often implies the integration of legacy components, such as
databases, with newly developed ones, leading to mixed architectures that suffer from …

The main argument of the paper is that database understanding (or reverse engineering)
requires sophisticated program understanding techniques, and conversely. Database …

The maintenance and evolution of data-intensive systems should ideally rely on a complete
and accurate database documentation. Unfortunately, this documentation is often missing …