Relaxing the Universal Relation Scheme Assumption
Summary: Relax the USA via an Association-Object Data Model using representative instances with value-inapplicable nulls. Introduce object dependencies (ODs) and object-defining constraints (ODCs) with complete axiomatizations and a chase-like decision procedure, showing expressiveness beyond join dependencies. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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- 1. Jacob Stein
- 2. David Maier
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| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 38 | Testing Implications Of Data Dependencies | 1979 | SIGMOD | 0.00075110004 |
| 135 | Can We Use The Universal Instance Assumption Without Using Nulls? | 1981 | SIGMOD | 0.00042421957 |
| 356 | Synthesizing Independent Database Schemas | 1979 | SIGMOD | 0.00026034713 |
| 3,461 | Specifying Connections for a Universal Relation Scheme Database | 1982 | SIGMOD | 7.0711544e-05 |
| 4,413 | Toward Logical Data Independence: A Relational Query Language without Relations | 1982 | SIGMOD | 6.205847e-05 |
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