Evolution of Data-Base Management Systems
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Some techniques and trade-offs affecting large data base retrieval times
ACM '69 Proceedings of the 1969 24th national conference
SEQUEL: A structured English query language
SIGFIDET '74 Proceedings of the 1974 ACM SIGFIDET (now SIGMOD) workshop on Data description, access and control
"A veritable bucket of facts" origins of the data base management system
ACM SIGMOD Record
File management on a small computer the C-10 system
AFIPS '67 (Spring) Proceedings of the April 18-20, 1967, spring joint computer conference
DATAPLUS: a language for real time information retrieval from hierarchical data bases
AFIPS '68 (Spring) Proceedings of the April 30--May 2, 1968, spring joint computer conference
Common file organization techniques compared
AFIPS '69 (Fall) Proceedings of the November 18-20, 1969, fall joint computer conference
The information management system IMS/VS: part III: batch processing facilities
IBM Systems Journal
IBM Journal of Research and Development
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The objective of this paper is to describe an application program that is being developed for use as a data base management system. The program is identified by the acronym, GIS for Generalized Information System. The word “system” appears in its title because the program is designed to perform a set of data base functions that are closely interrelated and are self-contained within defined boundaries. It is not, however, an independent or “stand-alone” system in that it is designed to function within the framework of a larger system, the Operating System/360, in certain planned System/360 configurations. The other two words appear in its title because the system is directed toward providing the functions common to most information files and because the program components, until executed, are independent of, but adaptable to, an array of information processing tasks and operating environments. The system's major functions are those related to (1) data file design and creation, (2) file maintenance, (3) selective retrieval and processing, (4) document reference and full text indexing, and (5) control of task processing. To elaborate on the functions just enumerated, and to place them in a perspective, this paper presents an overall view of GIS: its rationale and the concept of its operation. That presentation is followed by a discussion of the system's scope within the context of some typical file management tasks. The illustrative examples are not expected to be accurate in every detail, but only to be representative of the method used to perform productive tasks with the system.