TY - GEN
T1 - Stratum approaches to temporal DBMS implementation
AU - Torp, K.
AU - Jensen, C. S.
AU - Snodgrass, R. T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by the Danish Technical Research Council through grant 9700780, by the National Science Foundation through grants IRI-9632569 and IRI-9202244, and by the CHOROCHRONOS project, funded by the European Commission DG XII Science, Research and Development, contract no. FMRX-CT96-0056.
Publisher Copyright:
© 1998 IEEE.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Previous approaches to implementing temporal DBMSs have assumed that a temporal DBMS must be built from scratch, employing an integrated architecture and using new temporal implementation techniques such as temporal indexes and join algorithms. However, this is a very large and time-consuming task. The paper explores approaches to implementing a temporal DBMS as a stratum on top of an existing non-temporal DBMS, rendering implementation more feasible by reusing much of the functionality of the underlying conventional DBMS. More specifically, the paper introduces three stratum meta-architectures, each with several specific architectures. Based on a new set of evaluation criteria, advantages and disadvantages of the specific architectures are identified. The paper also classifies all existing temporal DBMS implementations according to the specific architectures they, employ. It is concluded that a stratum architecture is the best short, medium, and perhaps even long-term, approach to implementing a temporal DBMS.
AB - Previous approaches to implementing temporal DBMSs have assumed that a temporal DBMS must be built from scratch, employing an integrated architecture and using new temporal implementation techniques such as temporal indexes and join algorithms. However, this is a very large and time-consuming task. The paper explores approaches to implementing a temporal DBMS as a stratum on top of an existing non-temporal DBMS, rendering implementation more feasible by reusing much of the functionality of the underlying conventional DBMS. More specifically, the paper introduces three stratum meta-architectures, each with several specific architectures. Based on a new set of evaluation criteria, advantages and disadvantages of the specific architectures are identified. The paper also classifies all existing temporal DBMS implementations according to the specific architectures they, employ. It is concluded that a stratum architecture is the best short, medium, and perhaps even long-term, approach to implementing a temporal DBMS.
KW - Temporal databases
KW - database interfaces
KW - database systems architectures
KW - legacy systems
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U2 - 10.1109/IDEAS.1998.694346
DO - 10.1109/IDEAS.1998.694346
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85050196991
SN - 0818683074
SN - 9780818683077
T3 - Proceedings - IDEAS 1998: International Database Engineering and Applications Symposium
SP - 4
EP - 13
BT - Proceedings - IDEAS 1998
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 1998 International Database Engineering and Applications Symposium, IDEAS 1998
Y2 - 8 July 1998 through 10 July 1998
ER -