A relational data base management system

  • Authors:
  • Giampio Bracchi;A. Fedeli;P. Paolini

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • ACM '72 Proceedings of the ACM annual conference - Volume 2
  • Year:
  • 1972

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Abstract

In this paper the design criteria and the overall organization of MORIS, a new general purpose data management system, are illustrated. The system is based on a relational model of data, in which the data base is viewed as a collection of time varying relations of assorted degrees. The capabilities offered by this model are discussed. The architecture of the system is illustrated, which is designed to provide independence of application programs from growths in data types and changes in data representation, convertibility of data among different storage structures, and ability to provide solutions to a wide variety of unanticipated user's problems in fast and uniform retrieval times. The relational model allows the formal definition of an user oriented language, based on applied predicate calculus. The capabilities of this language for retrieving any information which is, implicitly or explicitly, represented in the data base, are discussed.