<s>
NORMA	B-Application
(	O
Natural	O
ORM	O
Architect	O
for	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
conceptual	O
modeling	O
tool	O
that	O
implements	O
the	O
object-role	B-Application
modeling	I-Application
(	O
ORM	O
)	O
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NORMA	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
plug-in	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2005	O
,	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2008	O
,	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2010	O
,	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2012	O
,	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2013	O
,	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2015	O
,	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2017	O
and	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NORMA	B-Application
supports	O
ORM2	O
(	O
second	O
generation	O
ORM	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
map	O
object-role	B-Application
models	I-Application
to	O
implementation	O
targets	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
database	B-Application
engines	I-Application
,	O
object-oriented	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
XML	O
schema	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dr.	O
Terry	O
Halpin	O
's	O
2008	O
book	O
,	O
Information	O
Modeling	O
and	O
Relational	O
Databases	B-Application
:	O
From	O
Conceptual	O
Analysis	O
to	O
Logical	O
Design	O
"	O
explains	O
...	O
the	O
ORM2	O
notation	O
,	O
as	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
NORMA	B-Application
(	O
Neumont	O
ORM	O
Architect	O
)	O
tool	O
...	O
"	O
(	O
page	O
10	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
(	O
...	O
)	O
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
writing	O
,	O
the	O
NORMA	B-Application
tool	O
provides	O
the	O
most	O
complete	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
ORM2	O
notation	O
discussed	O
in	O
this	O
book.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
ORM2	O
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
NORMA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORM2	O
is	O
defined	O
in	O
an	O
ORM2	O
metamodel	O
that	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
NORMA	B-Application
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NORMA	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
at	O
3	O
March	O
2019	O
,	O
NORMA	B-Application
for	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2017	O
includes	O
fixes	O
for	O
38	O
bugs	O
that	O
were	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
2015	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remaining	O
issues	O
are	O
being	O
handled	O
within	O
the	O
NORMA	B-Application
Plus	O
JIRA	O
project	O
that	O
you	O
can	O
read	O
about	O
here	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
link	O
shows	O
the	O
current	O
list	O
of	O
unresolved	O
issues	O
in	O
NORMA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
at	O
3	O
March	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
NORMA	B-Application
Plus	O
project	O
has	O
resolved	O
38	O
of	O
the	O
bugs	O
were	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
2015	O
version	O
of	O
NORMA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Database	B-Application
engines	I-Application
Microsoft	B-Application
Sql	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
DB2	B-Application
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
