Universal Relation Views: A Pragmatic Approach
Summary: Universal Relation Views expose the entire relational schema as a single universal relation, enabling navigation-free queries. Core idea: unambiguity of the base schema and a universal assumption, with no prerequisites, for consistent user understanding. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. Joachim Biskup (University of Dortmund)
- 2. Hans Hermann Brueggemann (University of Dortmund)
BibTeX Citation
@article{biskup_vldb83,
title = {{Universal Relation Views: A Pragmatic Approach}},
author = {Biskup, Joachim and Brueggemann, Hans Hermann},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '83},
pages = {172--178},
year = {1983}
}Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 4 of 4 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,606 | Updating a Relational Database through a Universal Schema Interface | 1985 | PODS | 6.6090168e-05 |
| 9,098 | ONE FLAVOR ASSUMPTION AND gamma-ACYCLICITY FOR UNIVERSAL RELATION VIEWS | 1986 | PODS | 5.3251649e-05 |
| 13,172 | DYNAMIC QUERY INTERPRETATION IN RELATIONAL DATABASES (Extended abstract) | 1987 | PODS | 5.093636e-05 |
| 13,219 | A High-Level User Interface for Update and Retrieval in Relational Databases - Language Aspects | 1985 | SIGMOD | 5.093636e-05 |
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 8 of 8 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 266 | Can We Use The Universal Instance Assumption Without Using Nulls? | 1981 | SIGMOD | 0.00022823892 |
| 1,111 | The U. R. Strikes Back | 1982 | PODS | 0.00012131168 |
| 1,537 | Assumptions in Relational Database Theory | 1982 | PODS | 0.00010460647 |
| 1,929 | A Generalized Access Path Model And Its Application To A Relational Data Base System | 1976 | SIGMOD | 9.4676007e-05 |
| 3,648 | A Universal Relation Database System Implemented Via the Network Model | 1982 | PODS | 7.2267453e-05 |
| 3,957 | Specifying Connections for a Universal Relation Scheme Database | 1982 | SIGMOD | 6.9945541e-05 |
| 4,267 | Toward Logical Data Independence: A Relational Query Language without Relations | 1982 | SIGMOD | 6.7929169e-05 |
| 8,500 | Answering Queries In Relational Databases | 1983 | SIGMOD | 5.4133072e-05 |
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