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NORMA (software modeling tool)

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NORMA (Natural ORM Architect for Visual Studio)[1] is an open source plug-in to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008. It supports ORM 2 (second generation ORM), and maps ORM models to a variety of implementation targets, including major [Database management systems|database engines], object-oriented code, and XML schema.

The NORMA Project

As of April 2009, the NORMA project[2] delivers frequent releases and is almost ready to encompass the entire life-cycle of databases.

Generation Targets

Database engines Microsoft Sql Server, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
Programming languages LINQ to SQL, PLiX (Programming Language in XML)[3] and PHP
Other XML schemas (XSD)

References

See also

Further reading

  • Terry Halpin and Tony Morgan (2008). Information Modeling and Relational Databases: From Conceptual Analysis to Logical Design. Morgan Kaufmann, 2008. ISBN 0123735688,