Relative Information Capacity of Simple Relational Database Schemata

Summary: Presents four formal dominance definitions to measure relative information capacity of relational schemata (with/without key deps). Proves query-accessibility too coarse; dependency-free schemata equivalent only if identical up to renaming/reordering, informing rigorous schema integration/translation. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: h685e44e8d1f412b8
Venue: PODS
Year: 1984
Pagerank: 0.00018419906
Overall Rank: 428 | 97.14%
DOI: 10.1145/588011.588027

Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time

Authors

1. Richard Hull (University of Southern California)

BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{hull_pods84,
        address = {New York, NY, USA},
        series = {{PODS} '84},
        title = {{Relative Information Capacity of Simple Relational Database Schemata}},
        url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/588011.588027},
        doi = {10.1145/588011.588027},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} Symposium on {Principles} of {Database} {Systems}},
        publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
        author = {Hull, Richard},
        year = {1984}
}

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368	Object Identity As A Query Language Primitive	1989	SIGMOD	0.00019850502
720	PROCEDURAL AND DECLARATIVE DATABASE UPDATE LANGUAGES (Extended Abstract)	1988	PODS	0.0001447659
795	Model Management 2.0: Manipulating Richer Mappings	2007	SIGMOD	0.00013895182
1,004	ILOG: Declarative Creation and Manipulation of Object Identifiers	1990	VLDB	0.00012557552
1,464	Inverting Schema Mappings	2006	PODS	0.00010547427
1,528	Managing Semantic Heterogeneity in Databases : A Theoretical Perspective	1997	PODS	0.00010322417
1,599	The Use of Information Capacity in Schema Integration and Translation	1993	VLDB	0.0001009539
1,673	Bootstrapping Pay-As-You-Go Data Integration Systems	2008	SIGMOD	9.9018228e-05
1,736	Using Schematically Heterogeneous Structures	1998	SIGMOD	9.7450722e-05
1,774	Rondo: A Programming Platform for Generic Model Management	2003	SIGMOD	9.6749725e-05
1,781	A Transaction Language Complete for Database Update and Specification	1987	PODS	9.657754e-05
2,097	Open Data Integration	2018	VLDB	9.0397587e-05
2,306	Finitely Representable Databases	1994	PODS	8.6526383e-05
2,982	On the Expressive Power of Database Queries with Intermediate Types	1988	PODS	7.7719553e-05
3,075	A Formal View Integration Method	1986	SIGMOD	7.6600987e-05
3,514	An Information-Theoretic Approach to Normal Forms for Relational and XML Data	2003	PODS	7.2252535e-05
4,834	On the Expressive Power of the Logical Data Model	1985	SIGMOD	6.3799062e-05
5,253	On the Correctness of Representing Extended Entity-Relationship Structures in the Relational Model	1989	SIGMOD	6.1974526e-05
5,758	Conjunctive Query Equivalence of Keyed Relational Schemas (Extended Abstract)	1997	PODS	5.9861388e-05
6,758	Information Preserving XML Schema Embedding	2005	VLDB	5.6714382e-05
6,821	A Multi-Resolution Relational Data Model	1992	VLDB	5.6582692e-05
7,202	Designing Information-Preserving Mapping Schemes for XML	2005	VLDB	5.5721675e-05
8,172	Schema Independent Relational Learning	2017	SIGMOD	5.3698391e-05
8,525	Equivalence of Views by Query Capacity	1985	PODS	5.3087206e-05
10,785	SQL-Exchange: Transforming SQL Queries Across Domains	2026	VLDB	4.9605343e-05
12,035	Structural Generalizability: The Case of Similarity Search	2021	SIGMOD	4.9605343e-05
13,017	On Redundancy vs Dependency Preservation in Normalization: An Information-Theoretic Study of 3NF	2006	PODS	4.9605343e-05
13,299	MDM: a Multiple-Data-Model Tool for the Management of Heterogeneous Database Schemes	1997	SIGMOD	4.9605343e-05
13,350	Flexible Relations - Operational Support of Variant Relational Structures	1995	VLDB	4.9605343e-05

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Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
16	The Functional Data Model and the Data Language DAPLEX	1979	SIGMOD	0.00059778867
145	A Language Facility for Designing Interactive Database-Intensive Applications	1978	SIGMOD	0.00028989663
437	The Format Model: A Theory of Database Organization (extended abstract)	1982	PODS	0.00018259668
1,078	Constructing Superviews	1981	SIGMOD	0.00012120058
1,211	Towards a Sound View Integration Methodology	1983	PODS	0.00011494979
3,519	LAURA: A Formal Data Model and Her Logical Design Methodology	1983	VLDB	7.219922e-05

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