The Use of Information Capacity in Schema Integration and Translation
Summary: Challenges information-capacity equivalence as a universal correctness metric for transformed schemas in schema integration/translation; classifies tasks by goals and derives relative capacity requirements for original vs transformed schemas. Introduces a task-sensitive correctness definition, analyzes transformation failures, and shows how incorrect mappings yield incomplete or inconsistent answers; discusses conflict detection (undecidable in general) but notes practical tools can mitigate. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. R. J. Miller
- 2. Y. E. Ioannidis
- 3. R. Ramakrishnan
Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 17 of 17 citing papers.
Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 7 of 7 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302 | Relative Information Capacity of Simple Relational Database Schemata | 1984 | PODS | 0.00028316973 |
| 309 | The Format Model: A Theory of Database Organization (extended abstract) | 1982 | PODS | 0.00028136165 |
| 677 | Constructing Superviews | 1981 | SIGMOD | 0.0001826131 |
| 1,062 | Assumptions in Relational Database Theory | 1982 | PODS | 0.00014366096 |
| 2,493 | A Formal View Integration Method | 1986 | SIGMOD | 8.6513163e-05 |
| 3,019 | On Equivalences of Database Schemes | 1982 | PODS | 7.6994314e-05 |
| 6,333 | A Methodology for the Design and Transformation of Conceptual Schemas | 1991 | VLDB | 5.105898e-05 |
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