The 78 Codasyl Database Model: A Comparison With Preceding Specifications

Summary: 78 CODASYL model vs 73/71; external DDL separated from internal DSDL, boosting data independence and explicit DDL integrity constraints. Converting 73-model databases to 78, focusing on DSDL capabilities and internal storage options for implementation. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 2179
Venue: SIGMOD
Year: 1980
Pagerank: 5.4810727e-05
Overall Rank: 8,135 | 44.19%
DOI: 10.1145/582250.582256

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Authors

1. Mary E. S. Loomis (University of Arizona)

BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{loomis_sigmod80,
        title = {{THE 78 CODASYL DATABASE MODEL: A COMPARISON WITH PRECEDING SPECIFICATIONS}},
        author = {Loomis, Mary E. S.},
        series = {{SIGMOD} '80},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
        publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
        doi = {10.1145/582250.582256},
        url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/582250.582256},
        year = {1980}
}

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Rank	Citing Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
3,980	Remotely-Sensed Geophysical Databases: Experience and Implications for Generalized DBMSs	1983	SIGMOD	6.9751971e-05

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