Abstract
Query languages have been amajor research topicin the database area. Many results about the complexity and expressiveness of such languages have been obtained, both for the relational model.and for various extensions. However, these results do not seem to provide sufficient guidelines for practical query language development. With the desiré to generalize from relational to general bulk types, the need for such design guidelines is felt. The paper surveys a recently proposed theory of query languages, based on basic notions from category theory, specifically on variants of monads, and argues that it provides a good framework for practical language design.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Recent Trends in Data Type Specification - 10th Workshop on Specification of Abstract Data Types with 5th COMPASS Workshop, Selected Papers |
| Editors | Egidio Astesiano, Gianna Reggio, Andrzej Tarlecki, Andrzej Tarlecki |
| Publisher | Springer Verlag |
| Pages | 30-47 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Print) | 354059132X, 9783540591320 |
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| State | Published - 1995 |
| Event | 10th Workshop on Specification of Abstract Data Types was held Joint with the 5th COMPASS Workshop, 1994 - S. Margherita, Italy Duration: 30 May 1994 → 3 Jun 1994 |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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| Volume | 906 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
| Conference | 10th Workshop on Specification of Abstract Data Types was held Joint with the 5th COMPASS Workshop, 1994 |
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| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | S. Margherita |
| Period | 30/05/94 → 3/06/94 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Springer-Vedag Berlin Heidelberg 1995.