Formalization of Database Systems - and a Formal Definition of IMS
Summary: Advocates formal, mathematical specifications for database systems, arguing that only formal definitions satisfy architectural requirements, and presents a formal IMS model. Employs denotational semantics (VDM) for constructive definitions, surveys related work, and discusses standardization implications of formal data-model definitions. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 3,255 | Language Support for Office Modelling | 1984 | VLDB | 7.3150697e-05 |
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 3,974 | A Denotational Definition of the Semantics of DRC, A Domain Relational Calculus | 1982 | VLDB | 6.5719843e-05 |
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Semantically Similar Papers
| Overall Rank | Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14,359 | A Practical Design Methodology for the Implementation of IMS Databases, Using the Entity-Relationship Model | 1980 | SIGMOD | - |
| 14,259 | Using Design Axioms and Topology to Model Database Semantics | 1987 | VLDB | - |
| 4,318 | A Data Base Management System Design Philosophy | 1975 | SIGMOD | 6.2824978e-05 |
| 3,450 | A Modal System of Algebras for Database Specification and Query/Update Language Support | 1983 | VLDB | 7.0803112e-05 |
| 4,893 | Formal Definition of Mappings in a Data Base | 1977 | SIGMOD | 5.847341e-05 |
| 12,883 | Towards a Formal Approach for Object Database Design | 1993 | VLDB | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 9,172 | Forms Approach to Requirements Specification for Database Design | 1983 | SIGMOD | 4.380727e-05 |
| 13,041 | Conceptual-To-Internal Mappings in Commercial Database Systems | 1984 | PODS | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 1,132 | On The Algebraic Specification Of Databases | 1982 | VLDB | 0.00013765819 |
| 6,617 | Formal Data Base Specification - An Eclectic Perspective | 1984 | PODS | 4.9880809e-05 |