The Functional Data Model and the Data Language DAPLEX

Summary: Functional data model as a foundation for DAPLEX; a high-level language for data description and manipulation. Shows the benefits of the functional approach for expressing and solving DBMS problems with concise, expressive specifications. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 2158
Venue: SIGMOD
Year: 1979
Pagerank: 0.00061144858
Overall Rank: 15 | 99.90%
DOI: 10.1145/582095.582105

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Authors

1. David W. Shipman (Computer Corporation of America)

BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{shipman_sigmod79,
        title = {{The Functional Data Model and the Data Language DAPLEX}},
        author = {Shipman, David W.},
        series = {{SIGMOD} '79},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
        publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
        doi = {10.1145/582095.582105},
        url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/582095.582105},
        year = {1979}
}

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119	The EXODUS Optimizer Generator	1987	SIGMOD	0.0003183602
217	Traversal Recursion: A Practical Approach to Supporting Recursive Applications	1986	SIGMOD	0.00024458594
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2,637	A Graph-Oriented Object Database Model	1990	PODS	8.3154765e-05
2,714	G-WHIZ*, a Visual Interface for the Functional Model with Recursion	1985	VLDB	8.2118321e-05
2,897	On the Expressive Power of Database Queries with Intermediate Types	1988	PODS	7.9790527e-05
3,128	On Accessing Object-Oriented Databases: Expressive Power, Complexity, and Restrictions	1989	SIGMOD	7.7292081e-05
3,156	Mapping a Semantic Database Model to the Relational Model	1987	SIGMOD	7.693414e-05
3,233	Implementation of a Compiler for a Semantic Data Model: Experiences with Taxis	1987	SIGMOD	7.6174587e-05
3,316	Accommodating Exceptions in Databases, and Refining the Schema by Learning from Them	1985	VLDB	7.5269817e-05
3,420	Multirelations -- Semantics and Languages	1985	VLDB	7.4283042e-05
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3,932	Database Programming Languages: A Functional Approach	1991	SIGMOD	7.0089831e-05
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