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Relational Database Systems: Where We Stand Today

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GI - 10. Jahrestagung

Part of the book series: Informatik-Fachberichte ((INFORMATIK,volume 33))

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It has been ten years since E. F. Codd published the breakthrough paper [1] on the idea of a relational database. After this decade of intensive research it is appropriate to evaluate where we stand: to examine the original objectives for relational systems to see if they have been achieved, to examine where relational systems stand with respect to performance, and finally to examine where additional research is needed.

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King, W.F. (1980). Relational Database Systems: Where We Stand Today. In: Wilhelm, R. (eds) GI - 10. Jahrestagung. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 33. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67838-7_2

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