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Temporal databases: an event oriented approach

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This paper introduces a new approach to incorporating the temporal dimension in database systems. Instead of introducing time as an attribute in a conventional state database the paper proposes that state databases are derivatives from event databases which are regarded as fundamental. A data modelling approach is introduced together with a realization in terms of a Temporal Functional Database Language (TFDL).

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX, London

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Soukeras, S., King, P.J.H. (1994). Temporal databases: an event oriented approach. In: Bowers, D.S. (eds) Directions in Databases. BNCOD 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 826. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58235-5_34

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