The Semantic Data Model: A Modelling Mechanism for Data Base Applications
Summary: Introduces the Semantic Data Model (SDM) as a natural application modelling mechanism expressing the semantic structures of contemporary database applications. SDM supports derived information alongside primitives, enabling formal specification, documentation, and design-time tooling for DB schemas and interfaces. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. Michael Hammer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- 2. Dennis McLeod (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{hammer_sigmod78,
title = {{The Semantic Data Model: A Modelling Mechanism for Data Base Applications}},
author = {Hammer, Michael and McLeod, Dennis},
series = {{SIGMOD} '78},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/509252.509264},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/509252.509264},
year = {1978}
}Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 11 of 11 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 691 | On An Algebra For Historical Relational Databases. Two Views | 1985 | SIGMOD | 0.00014743297 |
| 1,073 | Constructing Superviews | 1981 | SIGMOD | 0.00012163751 |
| 1,295 | An Entity-based Database User Interface | 1980 | SIGMOD | 0.00011139704 |
| 2,407 | Modelling Information Preserving Databases: Consequences of the Concept of Time | 1983 | VLDB | 8.5160078e-05 |
| 2,755 | Data Model Integration Using The Structural Model | 1979 | SIGMOD | 8.0530923e-05 |
| 3,822 | DIAL: A Programming Language for Data Intensive Applications | 1980 | SIGMOD | 7.0039736e-05 |
| 3,989 | Beyond Relations: A Case for Elevating to the Entity-Relationship Abstraction | 2025 | CIDR | 6.8703153e-05 |
| 4,322 | Embedding Expert Knowledge and Hypothetical Data Bases into a Data Base System | 1980 | SIGMOD | 6.6659583e-05 |
| 5,992 | Panel on Time and Databases | 1983 | SIGMOD | 5.92414e-05 |
| 7,170 | Behaviour Management in Database Applications | 1987 | VLDB | 5.5942491e-05 |
| 13,488 | A Rule-Based Object/Task Modelling Approach | 1986 | SIGMOD | 4.9793485e-05 |
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Showing 2 of 2 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 602 | On The Semantics Of The Relational Data Model | 1975 | SIGMOD | 0.00015717241 |
| 4,318 | A Unified Approach to Functional Dependencies and Relations | 1975 | SIGMOD | 6.6678079e-05 |
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