Reminder, Rob Pecherer's talk is tomorrow. He's looking for feedback and
brainstorming on how to position his technology.
Let me know if you want pizza...
-Steve
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*** FRIAM Group Technical Session Announcement ***
TITLE: Representing Arbitrary Hierarchies and Lattices in Relational
Databases.
SPEAKER: Rob Pecherer
LOCATION: Conference room at 624 Agua Fria Street Offices
TIME: Tuesday July 15 12:15p-1:30 (Pizza will be ordered. $5/person. Email
[hidden email] if interested)
ABSTRACT: Since their introduction (1970), all relational databases have
been built using exactly two structural forms for representating
relationships. Each relies on foreign keys and the SQL join operation. The
relational view of data is a tabular view, and while appropriate for many
types of problem-solving, it is very awkward for others. Combined with the
tabular view, the complexities of the join operation have acted as a
significant deterrent to both data owners and programmers of ordinary skills
with respect to database usage and applications development.
A third structure for relationships has been discovered. The new structure
is capable of representing all relationships realizable with the
conventional representations plus several new types. It promises a richer
capability for enterprise modelling and decision support. The new
representation provides a method (the Method of Recursive Objects, or MRO)
which enables an entirely new database paradigm that practically eliminates
the SQL join operation and provides a natural hierarchical visualization in
place of relational tables.
This new method could change the way people view databases, with significant
potential for broadening the base of qualified users and enabling new
applications. Expansion of the market for database products would then be
expected.
The presentation will briefly touch on the technology, demonstrate a simple,
working model, and describe some possible applications.
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