Elements of Data Management Systems
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Data base system objectives as design constraints
ACM SIGMIS Database
Data base system objectives as design constraints
ACM '74 Proceedings of the 1974 annual ACM conference - Volume 2
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A brief description of the advent of the Data Base Task Force at GUIDE and SHARE is given. Discussion of coordination among the several data base committees. The major components of the Data Base Management System (DBMS) proposed by the GUIDE Group are discussed: Data Base Manager (DBM), Data Base Descriptive Language (DBDL), Data Base Command Language (DBCL), and Data Base Administrator (DBA). The concept that the Requestor (possibly the application programmer) of data from the data base is not concerned with procedure or strategy for accessing data is stressed. Complete data independence is set as a primary objective of DBMS. Data Base directory concept is explained. Organization of data around an entity is discussed and qualification levels, associations, memberships, and other relationships are described. The functions of the major components of the DBMS are discussed in detail. An implementation schedule is proposed along with what the current objectives of data base task groups should be.