All mainstream database systems lack support fortemporal metadata, and instead store only the mostrecent data. Consequently, they can only managetemporal data in an ad hoc manner -- oftentimes noteffectively. Yet there are countless applicationdomains that need temporal data. This book offers amuch-needed solution: It includes a bitemporalrelational data model, based on nested relations, aswell as its algebra and calculus languages forexpressing queries. The fundamental construct forrepresenting temporal data is a bitemporal atom; avalue, its validity period, and the time this datawas recorded in the database. The concept of'context' defines different views of bitemporal data.BtSQL, a simple bitemporal variation of the SQL, isintroduced. The book also provides a prototypeimplementation, which demonstrates the feasibility ofthe proposed approach in an object-relationaldatabase system. Researchers and practitioners indatabase development will find this book useful. Itcan be used as a textbook in advanced databasecourses -- particularly in application domains wheretemporal metadata can greatly leverage the value ofthe data as it is stored and utilized.
All mainstream database systems lack support fortemporal metadata, and instead store only the mostrecent data. Consequently, they can only managetemporal data in an ad hoc manner -- oftentimes noteffectively. Yet there are countless applicationdomains that need temporal data. This book offers amuch-needed solution: It includes a bitemporalrelational data model, based on nested relations, aswell as its algebra and calculus languages forexpressing queries. The fundamental construct forrepresenting temporal data is a bitemporal atom; avalue, its validity period, and the time this datawas recorded in the database. The concept of'context' defines different views of bitemporal data.BtSQL, a simple bitemporal variation of the SQL, isintroduced. The book also provides a prototypeimplementation, which demonstrates the feasibility ofthe proposed approach in an object-relationaldatabase system. Researchers and practitioners indatabase development will find this book useful. Itcan be used as a textbook in advanced databasecourses -- particularly in application domains wheretemporal metadata can greatly leverage the value ofthe data as it is stored and utilized.
In this textbook I cover topics relating to general database design and implementation with examples of typical solutions using Microsoft Access database. Briefly the contents are as follows.I...
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