COMP8711 Database Modelling and Knowledge Engineering Is that all there is? Due: 5pm Friday of Week 12 (30th October) In COMP8711 you have been learning about the Relational Database model, but is that all there is? Is this the only model available to use to model data? This assignment gives you the opportunity to investigate and learn about other ways of modelling data. The Question Part 1: Describe the motivation, theory and technology behind <CHOICE>. Compare and contrast this with the standard Relational Database Model that has been discussed during the topic. In doing so, discuss the benefits and drawbacks of both approaches and when it is appropriate to use each approach. Part 2: Finally, discuss how the <CHOICE> approach could be applied to Perilous Printing, the Wheels4U or the DreamHome database used in the topic. <CHOICE> can be one of the following: NoSQL, Graph database, NewSQL, Spatial database, Document database, Object databases, or your own choice with discussion with the topic coordinator. What to do You need to produce both an Annotated Bibliography (described below) AND a separate essay that answers Part 1 and 2 above. To answer the question Part 1 you must review at least 5 academic journal articles or conference papers on your <CHOICE>. The article review should take the form of an annotated bibliography. You should then write a 1000 word essay that addresses Part 1 and Part 2 above. Annotated Bibliography You must critically evaluate which references to include (e.g. a webpage that is on a university website has more legitimacy than a random blog post, a refereed journal article even better). The references, which should be formatted in the Harvard style, should be annotated. This need not be more than a paragraph and should include a brief summary of the whole article and, most importantly, critically assess its usefulness to your chosen topic. Some questions you might want to answer are: Why is it a good source? What are the important bits of information in the article? How will it be used in the essay? The Student Learning Centre has a document describing a brief annotated bibliography here: https://students.flinders.edu.au/content/dam/student/slc/article-rev-and-ann-bib.pdf There is also an excellent guide to reviewing your resources available here: http://flinders.libguides.com/evaluate COMP1711 Database Modelling and Knowledge Engineering GE 2020 Marking Scheme • • • • • ACINT001 Academic Integrity for Students Annotated bibliography Part 1 Part 2 Essay Structure and English Expression Non-graded 20% 40% 30% 10% Advice on writing reports (structure and expression): http://www.flinders.edu.au/current-students/slc/study-resources/study-and-writing-guides.cfm For example: Writing an Essay https://students.flinders.edu.au/content/dam/student/slc/writing-an-essay.pdf For academic writing https://students.flinders.edu.au/content/dam/student/slc/getting-started-with-academicwriting.pdf Submission You should submit a single PDF document that contains both your Annotated Bibliography and your Essay. There will be a FLO assignment submission box in the Assignment Module under “COMP8711 GE Research Report”. However, the submission box will not be available until you complete the “ACINT001 Academic Integrity for Students” topic and its quiz. There is a link to the topic Assignment module. You must score 100% for the quiz. You can repeat the quiz many times until you score 100%. If you have done the quiz before for another topic and have gain 100% then you do not need to do it again. Having an understanding of academic integrity vitally important for understanding the expectations of University at Flinders and doing well in your topics. Part of the “ACINT001 Academic Integrity for Students” also discusses the use of “text-matching” software that all assignments must be put through. Please have a read through this material to gain a better understanding of how the text-matching works and is used. I will review the text-matching scores when I think they may have been a violation of academic integrity. Remember, however, that there is no “good score” for the text-matching. A score of “0%” or a low score does not mean it is a good essay as some parts will most likely match with other documents. Also, a high score does not mean a bad essay, especially if it is reference properly. However, for a high score you might like to review the matches and see why they match. You might need to paraphrase or reinterpret some of your paragraphs. Please do not use a thesaurus to change some words as this can make the meaning of a sentence incomprehensible! The SLC has a guide on paraphrasing: https://students.flinders.edu.au/content/dam/student/slc/paraphrasing-and-quoting.pdf COMP1711 Database Modelling and Knowledge Engineering GE 2020
