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The Functorial Data Model - An Extension to Functional Databases

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Brian Rossiter

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Abstract

Owing to the recognised deficiencies in relational databases, a new generation of object-oriented database systems are emerging. The major deficiency of many of these new systems is in their formal basis, and in aspects such as views and closure. To aid this cause, a model has been developed based on the category theory, known as the functorial, or the categorical product model. This paper will introduce an example database model using the functorial model, comparing it to the DAPLEX functional model developed in the early eighties.


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Author(s): Nelson DA, Rossiter BN, Heather MA

Publication type: Report

Publication status: Published

Series Title: Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series

Year: 1994

Pages: 29

Print publication date: 01/05/1994

Source Publication Date: May 1994

Report Number: 488

Institution: Department of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne

URL: http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/trs/papers/488.pdf


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