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Graph Data Model

and Its Data Language

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Hideko S. Kunii

    1. Software Division Ricoh Co, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Introduction

    • Hideko S. Kunii
    Pages 1-6

  3. Graph Data Model

    • Hideko S. Kunii
    Pages 7-20

  4. Data Definition Language

    • Hideko S. Kunii
    Pages 21-28

  5. Data Manipulation Language

    • Hideko S. Kunii
    Pages 29-39

  6. Implementation of GDL

    • Hideko S. Kunii
    Pages 41-58

  7. A Comparison of Access Path Strategies

    • Hideko S. Kunii
    Pages 59-75

  8. Conclusions

    • Hideko S. Kunii
    Pages 77-78

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 79-106
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About this book

Complex databases can be understood well with visual representation. A graph is a very intuitive and rational structure to visually represent such databases. Graph Data Model (GDM) proposed by the author formalizes data representation and operations on the data in terms of the graph concept. The GDM is an extension of the relational model toward structural representation. In this model, a database is defined by a schema graph where nodes represent record types and arcs represent link types that are relationships between two record types. The capabilities of the GDM include direct representation of many-to-many relationships and of the relationships within a single record type. The characteristic operators are those associated with links: existential, universal, numerical and transitive link operators. Graph Data Language (GDL) is a data language based on this GDM. The essence of the GDL is path expressions used for formulation of queries. The concepts of GDM and GDL have actually been implemented by Ricoh Co., Ltd. and a system based on these concepts is commercially available for many UNIX machines.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Software Division Ricoh Co, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

    Hideko S. Kunii

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Graph Data Model

  • Book Subtitle: and Its Data Language

  • Authors: Hideko S. Kunii

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68114-4

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Tokyo 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-68116-8Published: 08 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-68114-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 106

  • Topics: Data Structures, Models and Principles

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