Molecular Objects, Abstract Data Types, and Data Models: A Framework

Summary: Introduces a unified framework for molecular objects—atomic at the logical level but tuple-structured across relations—using abstract data types. Identifies four required classes (disjoint/non-disjoint, recursive/nonrecursive), exposing gaps in existing DBMS support. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)

Paper ID: h139b34a4d2868606
Venue: VLDB
Year: 1984
Pagerank: 9.6681333e-05
Overall Rank: 1,775 | 88.07%
DOI: -

Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time

Authors

1. D.S. Batory (University of Texas)
2. Alejandro P. Buchmann (National University of Mexico)

BibTeX Citation

@article{batory_vldb84,
        title = {{Molecular Objects, Abstract Data Types, and Data Models: A Framework}},
        author = {Batory, D.S. and Buchmann, Alejandro P.},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '84},
        pages = {172},
        year = {1984}
}

Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 12 of 12 citing papers.

Rank	Citing Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
291	Object and File Management in the EXODUS Extensible Database System	1986	VLDB	0.00021951101
2,366	Efficient Assembly of Complex Objects	1991	SIGMOD	8.5648664e-05
2,531	Supporting Flat Relations by a Nested Relational Kernel	1987	VLDB	8.3351949e-05
2,556	Architecture and Implementation of the Darmstadt Database Kernel System	1987	SIGMOD	8.3026469e-05
4,227	Object-Oriented Specification of Databases: An Algebraic Approach	1987	VLDB	6.7166275e-05
4,432	PRIMA - a DBMS Prototype Supporting Engineering Applications	1987	VLDB	6.601596e-05
6,002	Cooperative Object Buffer Management in the Advanced Information Management Prototype	1987	VLDB	5.9177524e-05
6,258	The MR Diagram - A Model for Conceptual Database Design	1985	VLDB	5.8331536e-05
6,420	An Object-Oriented Database System for Engineering Applications	1987	SIGMOD	5.7903037e-05
7,156	Extending the Relational Algebra to Capture Complex Objects	1989	VLDB	5.5973998e-05
9,118	An Architecture and Data Model for CAD Databases	1985	VLDB	5.2259215e-05
13,396	Version Management of Composite Objects in CAD Databases	1991	SIGMOD	4.9793485e-05

Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 6 of 6 cited papers.

Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
10	Extending the Data Base Relational Model to Capture More Meaning	1979	SIGMOD	0.00075944947
16	The Functional Data Model and the Data Language DAPLEX	1979	SIGMOD	0.00059996338
183	On Extending the Functions of a Relational Database System	1982	SIGMOD	0.00026178731
263	Some High-level Language Constructs for Data of Type Relation	1977	SIGMOD	0.00022811354
772	Data Abstraction, Views And Updates In Rigel	1979	SIGMOD	0.00014085842
1,104	The Data Management Facilities of PLAIN	1979	SIGMOD	0.00012003564

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