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A history and evaluation of System R

Year: 1981

Type: article

Abstract: System R, an experimental database system, was constructed to demonstrate that the usability advantages of the relational data model can be realized in a system with the complete function and high performance required for everyday production use. This paper describes the three principal phases of the System R project and discusses some of the lessons learned from System R about the design of relational systems and database systems in general.

Source: Communications of the ACM

DOI: 10.1145/358769.358784

Authors: Donald D. Chamberlin, Morton M. Astrahan, Michael W. Blasgen, James N. Gray, W. Frank King, Bruce G. Lindsay, Raymond Lorie, James W. Mehl, Thomas G. Price, Franco Putzolu, Patricia Griffiths Selinger, Mario Schkolnick, Donald R. Slutz, Irving L. Traiger, Bradford W. Wade, Robert A. Yost

Institution: IBM (United States)

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Database Systems and Queries

Subfield: Information Systems

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Strong

OpenAlex ID: W2093793584

FWCI: 19.97

Cites: 44

Cited by: 281

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