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Extending the Data Base Relational Model to Capture More Meaning

Summary: Extends the relational model to encode atomic and molecular semantics, enabling richer meaning beyond n-ary relations. Offers a synthesis of semantic-modeling ideas to guide systematic design and smarter data-management behavior. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
2109
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1979
Pagerank
0.0015385917
Overall Rank
8 | 99.95%
DOI
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104 Inclusion dependencies and their interaction with functional dependencies (Extended abstract) 1982 PODS 0.00048766186
105 On Extending the Functions of a Relational Database System 1982 SIGMOD 0.00048691984
123 A Decomposition Storage Model 1985 SIGMOD 0.00045255007
130 Optimization of Nested SQL Queries Revisited 1987 SIGMOD 0.00044031247
135 Can We Use The Universal Instance Assumption Without Using Nulls? 1981 SIGMOD 0.00042421957
293 A Taxonomy of Time in Databases 1985 SIGMOD 0.00028676087
309 The Format Model: A Theory of Database Organization (extended abstract) 1982 PODS 0.00028136165
352 Object Identity As A Query Language Primitive 1989 SIGMOD 0.00026299604
485 A New Approach to Database Logic 1984 PODS 0.00022085103
504 Designing DBMS Support for the Temporal Dimension 1984 SIGMOD 0.0002151017
528 Database Relations with Null Values (Extended Abstract) 1982 PODS 0.0002084153
580 On An Algebra For Historical Relational Databases. Two Views 1985 SIGMOD 0.00019786623
603 A Data Model and Query Language for EXODUS 1988 SIGMOD 0.00019351031
827 On the Representation and Querying of Sets of Possible Worlds 1987 SIGMOD 0.00016220185
895 Updates Of Relational Views 1983 PODS 0.00015534879
932 Database Partitioning In A Cluster Of Processors 1983 VLDB 0.00015236447
1,032 Outerjoins as Disjunctions 1994 SIGMOD 0.00014544529
1,292 Database Design Tools: An Expert System Approach 1985 VLDB 0.00012785373
1,451 Extending the Algebraic Framework of Query Processing to Handle Outerjoins 1984 VLDB 0.00011922302
1,568 A Polygen Model for Heterogeneous Database Systems: The Source Tagging Perspective 1990 VLDB 0.00011323734
1,689 Molecular Objects, Abstract Data Types, and Data Models: A Framework 1984 VLDB 0.00010905651
1,752 The Temporal Query Language TQuel 1984 PODS 0.00010679936
1,946 ISIS: Interface for a Semantic Information System 1985 SIGMOD 0.00010000783
1,954 Inference Rules for Functional and Inclusion Dependencies 1983 PODS 9.9639379e-05
2,032 The Implication And Finite Implication Problems For Typed Template Dependencies 1982 PODS 9.7332616e-05
2,058 Functional and Inclusion Dependencies: A Graph Theoretic Approach 1984 PODS 9.6585264e-05
2,197 Update Semantics for Incomplete Databases 1985 VLDB 9.3085358e-05
2,199 Gral: An Extensible Relational Database System for Geometric Applications 1989 VLDB 9.3081334e-05
2,239 Incorporating Computed Relations in Relational Databases 1981 SIGMOD 9.2201166e-05
2,294 Designing a Generalized NF2 Model with an SQL-Type Language Interface 1986 VLDB 9.0795264e-05
2,347 Horn Tables - An Efficient Tool For Handling Incomplete Information In Databases 1989 PODS 8.9890664e-05
2,391 Processing Queries Over Generalization Hierarchies in a Multidatabase System 1983 VLDB 8.9022915e-05
2,398 Containment and Minimization of Positive Conjunctive Queries in OODB's (Extended Abstract) 1992 PODS 8.8973978e-05
2,481 LAURA: A Formal Data Model and her Logical Design Methodology 1983 VLDB 8.6870033e-05
2,663 Implementation of a Compiler for a Semantic Data Model: Experiences with Taxis 1987 SIGMOD 8.3512771e-05
3,201 PRISM: A Knowledge Based System for Semantic Integrity Specification and Enforcement in Database Systems 1984 SIGMOD 7.3911865e-05
3,253 Embedding Expert Knowledge and Hypothetical Data Bases into a Data Base System 1980 SIGMOD 7.3170657e-05
3,270 Language Support for Office Modelling 1984 VLDB 7.2993238e-05
3,334 A Grammar-Based Approach Towards Unifying Hierarchical Data Models (extended abstract) 1989 SIGMOD 7.2092618e-05
3,383 IFO: A Formal Semantic Database Model (Preliminary Report) 1984 PODS 7.1595023e-05
3,482 On the Correctness Criteria of Fine-Grained Access Control in Relational Databases 2007 VLDB 7.0527575e-05
3,576 Closed World Databases Opened Through Null Values 1988 VLDB 6.9506798e-05
3,612 On the Correctness of Representing Extended Entity-Relationship Structures in the Relational Model 1989 SIGMOD 6.918674e-05
3,746 Historical Multi-Media Databases 1986 VLDB 6.7924249e-05
3,850 Canonical Abstraction for Outerjoin Optimization 2004 SIGMOD 6.7059122e-05
3,877 Inclusion Dependencies and the Universal Instance 1983 PODS 6.6739427e-05
3,887 Characterization Of Well-Behaved Database Schemata And Their Update Semantics 1983 VLDB 6.6643563e-05
4,028 On the Expressive Power of the Logical Data Model 1985 SIGMOD 6.5157392e-05
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