A Constructive Definition Of Third Normal Form

Summary: Constructive definition of third normal form via data types and selectors from programming languages; yields an abstract syntax of relations. Compares with standard normalisation and studies completeness, enabling a formal data-definition approach for relational models. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 2037
Venue: SIGMOD
Year: 1976
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Overall Rank: 14,366 | 0.06%
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1. G C H Sharman

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