Re: Exciting Papers on Normalization in list-based data models

From: Jan Hidders <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:52:45 GMT
Message-ID: <NOkFc.172722$3Q1.8529971@phobos.telenet-ops.be>

Jan Hidders wrote:
> Dawn M. Wolthuis wrote:
>

>> "Jan Hidders" <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be> wrote in message
>> news:Y9ZEc.171481$cd3.8619124_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be...
>>
>>> Dawn M. Wolthuis wrote:
>>> Did I already mention that there are new exciting papers on
>>> normalization theory in list-based data models (as opposed to set-based
>>> data models)? Pretty profound stuff. 
>>
>>
>> I'm not on the inside, so I'm happy to have you as a dealer -- please 
>> point
>> me to 'em.

>
>
> Be careful what you wish for ... :-)
>
> I actually haven't finished reading them myself, it's not an easy read,
> but I saw the presentation at the last SIGMOD/PODS and that was quite
> impressive. At least it will give you an idea of what is happening at
> the moment.
>
> * Multi-valued dependencies in the presence of lists. S. Hartmann and S.
> Link). In: Proceedings of the Twenty-Third ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD-SIGART
> Symposium on Principles of Database Systems - PODS 2004.
>
> To get an idea you can read the abstract at
>
> http://springerlink.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?wasp=mftayltgum0tu6lx8ue3&referrer=parent&backto=issue,10,20;journal,130,1610;linkingpublicationresults,1:105633,1

Oops. Wrong article. (Related though.) The one I meant is actually on-line:

http://www.acm.org/sigmod/pods/proc04/pdf/P-33.pdf

Happy reading,

• Jan Hidders

Received on Fri Jul 02 2004 - 16:52:45 CDT