I had thought that Codd was the first to model data using relations or
at least to write about it, but when I re-read Nelson's 1965 paper
while scanning it in* I saw that he uses "relational terminology" and
the term "relational terminology" (page 2-8), even if just giving a
hint of it.
Does anyone know to whom should we attribute the modeling of data with
relations?
Thanks. --dawn
- A pdf of the 1965 Nelson GIRLS, Generalized Information Retrieval &
Language System paper, a historic document in the history of PICK, is
available by following the link to the GIRLS Papers from
tincat-group.com/mewsings/2006/02/list-of-girls.html
Received on Wed Mar 01 2006 - 11:04:35 CST
