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A graph-oriented object database model

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ABSTRACT

A simple, graph-oriented database model, supporting object-identity, is presented. For this model, a transformation language based on elementary graph operations is defined. This transformation language is suitable for both querying and updates. It is shown that the transformation language supports both set-operations (except for the powerset operator) and recursive functions.

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      PODS '90: Proceedings of the ninth ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD-SIGART symposium on Principles of database systems
      April 1990
      425 pages
      ISBN:0897913523
      DOI:10.1145/298514

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