Kang, M. H., O. Costich, and J. N. Froscher, "Using Object Modeling Techniques To Design MLS Data Models," in Security for Object-Oriented Systems, B. Thuraisingham, R. Sandhu, and T.C. Ting, eds., Springer-Verlag, London (ISBN 3540198776), 1994.
The expressiveness of the data model has a significant impact on the functionality of the resulting database system. The more general the data model, the less need be lost when the conceptual model is mapped onto a particular data model. In this paper, we explain how MLS data models can lead to a loss of database functionality or the inability to model some real world phenomena if data models are not kept general and independent of other considerations. We also present our positions with respect to developing MLS data models for MLS database systems using the object modeling technique (OMT).