Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-8-1997
Abstract
Active database systems enhance the functionality of traditional databases through the use of active rules or ‘triggers’. There is little consensus, though, on what components should be included in a rule system. In this paper, the expressive power of some simple active database rule systems is examined and the effect of choosing different features studied. Four important parameters of variation are presented, namely the rule language, the external query language, the meta rule language and the pending rule structure. We show that each of these is highly influential in determining the expressiveness of the rule system as a whole, and that an appreciation of them can serve as a basis for understanding the broader picture of system behaviour.
Repository Citation
Bailey, J.,
Dong, G.,
& Ramamohanarao, K.
(1997). Structural Issues in Active Rule Systems. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Database Theory, 1186, 203-214.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/knoesis/296
DOI
10.1007/3-540-62222-5_46
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Comments
This paper was presented at 6th International Conference Delphi, Greece, January 8–10, 1997.
The posted paper is the authors' version.