Title: TOWARDS AN ALGEBRA OF HISTORICAL RELATIONAL DATABASES
Abstract: In search of the appropriate semantics for the inclusion ofstructures and operations that will meet the needs of a wide class ofusers interested in a database system supporting temporal views of theirdata, the paper includes a discussion of many problems that must beaddressed. Salient features of the authorâs Historical RelationalDatabase Model (HRDBM) are presented, and some subtle nuances that timebrings to the development of an historical relational algebra areillustrated. Along the way, a number of observations and guidelines arepresented that may help guide the search for an historically relationally complete database model and query languages.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
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