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Merise is a general-purpose modeling methodology in the field of information systems development, software engineering and project management. First introduced in the early 1980s, it was widely used in France, and was developed and refined to the point where most large French governmental, commercial and industrial organizations had adopted it as their standard methodology.
Merise proceeds to separate treatment of data and processes, where the data-oriented view is modelled in three stages, from conceptual, logical through to physical. Similarly, the process-oriented view passes through the three stages of conceptual, organizational and operational. These stages in the modelling process are paralleled by the stages of the life cycle: strategic planning, preliminary study, detailed study, development, implementation and maintenance. It is a method of analysis based on the entity-relationship model. By using Merise, you can design tables with relations to make a relational database.
Usage examples of "merise".
Tall and usually quite serious, with her hair drawn back tightly from her pale face, Merise was not a woman who smiled often.
Whatever Merise decided, she had already learned one thing she did not like.
Saying such a thing would have been unthinkable on many different levels, and while Merise had become somewhat accustomed to doing the unthinkable -- most sisters would faint at the very idea of bonding a man who could channel -- she was never comfortable giving them voice.
But if Merise, of all people, was dithering over a collar pin -- Merise, who managed her Warders with a firm hand -- then new boundaries would have to be worked out, at least with Warders who could channel.
By that hierarchy, Nesune stood higher than any save Cadsuane and Merise, yet she faced Daigian, who stood at the very bottom, as if willfully defiant over committing that crime, and so did the others in her boat.
Jahar jumped as fast as Nethan or Bassane when Merise pointed, and from the way Corele smiled at Damer, he was either her Warder or her bed-warmer, and Shalon could not imagine a woman like Corele taking a nearly bald old man with a limp into her bed.
A great pity that all of her companions were not displaying the composure showed by Merise and the other two sisters.
At an imperious gesture from Merise, he quickened his step to join her.
Warder was difficult, especially among Greens, but she could not begin to fathom what passed between Merise and her boys.
Of course, Jahar had not, but he figured Merise amused herself by making Jahar balance a cookie on his nose.
Elza was pacing an endless circle around the crest of the hill, still linked to Merise and Jahar, but there was nothing for her to do at the moment except scan the hills around them.
This time, Merise was the one sitting, with his head resting in her lap.
But if Merise, of all people, was dithering over a collar pin - Merise, who managed her Warders with a firm hand - then new boundaries would have to be worked out, at least with Warders who could channel.