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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
2110
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1979
Pagerank
0.0015464728
Overall Rank
7 | 99.96%
DOI
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96 On Extending the Functions of a Relational Database System 1982 SIGMOD 0.00050875417
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105 Inclusion dependencies and their interaction with functional dependencies (Extended abstract) 1982 PODS 0.00049082041
123 A Decomposition Storage Model 1985 SIGMOD 0.00045235743
130 Optimization of Nested SQL Queries Revisited 1987 SIGMOD 0.00044001626
131 Can We Use The Universal Instance Assumption Without Using Nulls? 1981 SIGMOD 0.00043719033
294 A Taxonomy of Time in Databases 1985 SIGMOD 0.00028649864
311 The Format Model: A Theory of Database Organization (extended abstract) 1982 PODS 0.00028106558
353 Object Identity As A Query Language Primitive 1989 SIGMOD 0.00026275228
485 A New Approach to Database Logic 1984 PODS 0.00022061287
505 Designing DBMS Support for the Temporal Dimension 1984 SIGMOD 0.0002148783
529 Database Relations with Null Values (Extended Abstract) 1982 PODS 0.00020825533
581 On An Algebra For Historical Relational Databases. Two Views 1985 SIGMOD 0.00019765969
604 A Data Model and Query Language for EXODUS 1988 SIGMOD 0.00019333115
823 On the Representation and Querying of Sets of Possible Worlds 1987 SIGMOD 0.00016225326
893 Updates Of Relational Views 1983 PODS 0.00015519479
930 Database Partitioning In A Cluster Of Processors 1983 VLDB 0.00015230276
1,034 Outerjoins as Disjunctions 1994 SIGMOD 0.00014532543
1,288 Database Design Tools: An Expert System Approach 1985 VLDB 0.00012779667
1,455 Extending the Algebraic Framework of Query Processing to Handle Outerjoins 1984 VLDB 0.00011912375
1,569 A Polygen Model for Heterogeneous Database Systems: The Source Tagging Perspective 1990 VLDB 0.00011313989
1,690 Molecular Objects, Abstract Data Types, and Data Models: A Framework 1984 VLDB 0.00010894712
1,752 The Temporal Query Language TQuel 1984 PODS 0.00010669141
1,950 ISIS: Interface for a Semantic Information System 1985 SIGMOD 9.9912211e-05
1,960 Inference Rules for Functional and Inclusion Dependencies 1983 PODS 9.9543811e-05
2,034 The Implication And Finite Implication Problems For Typed Template Dependencies 1982 PODS 9.7234933e-05
2,064 Functional and Inclusion Dependencies: A Graph Theoretic Approach 1984 PODS 9.6485054e-05
2,200 Gral: An Extensible Relational Database System for Geometric Applications 1989 VLDB 9.3055387e-05
2,203 Update Semantics for Incomplete Databases 1985 VLDB 9.2995519e-05
2,240 Incorporating Computed Relations in Relational Databases 1981 SIGMOD 9.2161277e-05
2,299 Designing a Generalized NF2 Model with an SQL-Type Language Interface 1986 VLDB 9.0711063e-05
2,352 Horn Tables - An Efficient Tool For Handling Incomplete Information In Databases 1989 PODS 8.9815852e-05
2,392 Processing Queries Over Generalization Hierarchies in a Multidatabase System 1983 VLDB 8.8934863e-05
2,396 Containment and Minimization of Positive Conjunctive Queries in OODB's (Extended Abstract) 1992 PODS 8.8892825e-05
2,482 LAURA: A Formal Data Model and her Logical Design Methodology 1983 VLDB 8.6783176e-05
2,677 Implementation of a Compiler for a Semantic Data Model: Experiences with Taxis 1987 SIGMOD 8.3242892e-05
3,202 Embedding Expert Knowledge and Hypothetical Data Bases into a Data Base System 1980 SIGMOD 7.3936043e-05
3,203 PRISM: A Knowledge Based System for Semantic Integrity Specification and Enforcement in Database Systems 1984 SIGMOD 7.3899213e-05
3,255 Language Support for Office Modelling 1984 VLDB 7.3150697e-05
3,334 A Grammar-Based Approach Towards Unifying Hierarchical Data Models (extended abstract) 1989 SIGMOD 7.2024301e-05
3,385 IFO: A Formal Semantic Database Model (Preliminary Report) 1984 PODS 7.1531435e-05
3,500 On the Correctness Criteria of Fine-Grained Access Control in Relational Databases 2007 VLDB 7.0338899e-05
3,582 Closed World Databases Opened Through Null Values 1988 VLDB 6.9455143e-05
3,615 On the Correctness of Representing Extended Entity-Relationship Structures in the Relational Model 1989 SIGMOD 6.9120226e-05
3,752 Historical Multi-Media Databases 1986 VLDB 6.785631e-05
3,849 Canonical Abstraction for Outerjoin Optimization 2004 SIGMOD 6.7000711e-05
3,877 Inclusion Dependencies and the Universal Instance 1983 PODS 6.6673599e-05
3,888 Characterization Of Well-Behaved Database Schemata And Their Update Semantics 1983 VLDB 6.6578926e-05
4,036 On the Expressive Power of the Logical Data Model 1985 SIGMOD 6.508647e-05
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