A Glossary of Temporal Database Concepts¹

• • Abstract
  
  
• Introduction
• Criteria for the Glossary
  • Relevance Criteria for Concepts
  • Evaluation Criteria for Naming Concepts
  • Structure of the Proposal
  
  
• Proposed Names and Concepts
  • Valid Time
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Transaction Time
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • User-defined Time
    • Definition
  • Valid-Time Relation
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Transaction-Time Relation
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Snapshot Relation
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Bitemporal Relation
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Snapshot, Valid- and Transaction-Time, and Bitemporal as Modifiers
  • Temporal as Modifier
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Temporal Database
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Transaction Timeslice Operator
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Valid Timeslice Operator
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Temporal Element
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Chronon
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Timestamp
    • Definition
  • Lifespan
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Temporally Homogeneous
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Event
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Interval
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Span
    • Definition
    • Alternative Names
    • Discussion
  • Temporal Expression
    • Definition
  • Time-invariant Attribute
    • Definition
  • Time-varying Attribute
    • Definition
  
  
• Acknowledgements
• References