Abstract
The seventies have been the decade of the relational model. In the eighties, there is a renewed interest and activity in the database area. Most of it is concerned with so called "advanced systems for new types of applications". In this activity, much emphasis is placed on the development of new data models and languages. The data models include complex objects, which are in essence hierarchical structures, and various flavors of object oriented models. Data manipulation languages include extensions of the classical algebra and calculus based languages to some of the new models, logic programming style languages, and versions of object oriented languages. The paper discusses extensions of the relational model that allow users to specify and manipulate structurally complex objects and their languages. The emphasis is on formal models and languages. In particular, we describe a formal model for objects with identity, and declarative languages for the model.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ICDT 1988 - 2nd International Conference on Database Theory, Proceedings |
| Editors | Marc Gyssens, Jan Paredaens, Dirk Van Gucht |
| Publisher | Springer Verlag |
| Pages | 19-40 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783540501718 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1988 |
| Event | 2nd International Conference on Database Theory, ICDT 1988 - Bruges, Belgium Duration: 31 Aug 1988 → 2 Sep 1988 |
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 | 326 LNCS |
| ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
| Conference | 2nd International Conference on Database Theory, ICDT 1988 |
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| Country/Territory | Belgium |
| City | Bruges |
| Period | 31/08/88 → 2/09/88 |
Bibliographical note
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