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The Format Model: A Theory of Database Organization.

Richard Hull, Chee-Keng Yap: The Format Model: A Theory of Database Organization. PODS 1982: 205-211
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  author    = {Richard Hull and
               Chee-Keng Yap},
  title     = {The Format Model: A Theory of Database Organization},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Principles of Database Systems,
               March 29-31, 1982, Los Angeles, California},
  publisher = {ACM},
  year      = {1982},
  pages     = {205-211},
  ee        = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/588111.588146, db/conf/pods/HullY82.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/pods/82},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}
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Abstract

A new theory of data representation involving "formats", which are based on three recurrent and prominent data-structuring concepts, is introduced. In a mathematically rigorous way, a notion of "equivalent" information capacity is defined and shown to be natural in a wide range of contexts. A normal form is introduced, and each equivalence class of formats is shown to have a unique representative in normal form. Finally, a natural way of comparing the information capacity of (non-equivalent) formats is formalized and studied.

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Richard Hull, Chee-Keng Yap: The Format Model: A Theory of database Organization. J. ACM 31(3): 518-544(1984) BibTeX

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