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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 92 19:14:20 +0100
From: "Christian S. Jensen" <csj@iesd.auc.dk>
Message-Id: <9210241814.AA15930@iesd.auc.dk>
To: tsql@cs.arizona.edu
Subject: Temporal-database concepts and terms
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** Call for proposals of temporal-database concepts and terms **
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Dear colleague,
During the preparation of a forthcoming book on temporal databases, a
glossary on temporal database concepts and terms was developed. We are
now initiating the process of developing a next generation of the
glossary and invite you to contribute with proposed concepts and
terms.
As you may be aware, the first workshop on temporal databases, with
the title "International Workshop on an Infrastructure for Temporal
Databases," is scheduled to be held in Arlington, TX, June 14-16, 1993.
The objective of this workshop is to define and establish a common
infrastructure of temporal databases and to develop a consensus base
document that will provide a foundation for implementation and
standardization as well as for further research.
Independently, the first book on temporal databases (Temporal
Databases: Theory, Design, and Implementation, edited by A. Tansel, J.
Clifford, S. Gadia, S. Jajodia, A. Segev, and R. Snodgrass,
Benjamin/Cummings Publishers, Database Systems and Applications
Series) is expected to be available in early 1993.
A glossary on temporal-database concepts is included as part of this
book, and each contributor to the book has used the terms defined in
the glossary. The glossary also appears in the September 1992 issue of
the SIGMOD Record.
Maintaining a precise, well-defined, and intuitive technical language
is important to the scientific community. The glossary meets a need
for creating a higher degree of consensus on the definition and naming
of central concepts from within the field. The use of inconsistent
terminology adversely affects the accessibility of the literature and
hinders progress.
The glossary consists of a list of entries as illustrated next.
\subsection{<the chosen name of the concept>}
\entry{Definition}
<the definition of the concept>
\entry{Alternative Names}
<names that were considered and subsequently rejected
in favor of the chosen name>
\entry{Discussion}
<reasons for the particular choice of name (and
concept) and reasons for not selecting considered
names (and concepts)>
We encourage you to propose glossary entries. Proposals should be
submitted to the mailing list tsql@cs.arizona.edu, and we request the
submission of complete glossary entries only.
The current version of the glossary is available by anonymous ftp from
cs.arizona.edu, in the "tsql" directory, in the file "glossary.tex".
In addition, DVI and Postscript versions are available. Documents
indicating the current status may also be found in the "tsql"
directory.
Feel free to direct questions to "csj@iesd.auc.dk".
Best regards,
Christian S. Jensen
Aalborg University