Closed World Databases Opened Through Null Values.

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/vldb/GottlobZ88,
  author    = {Georg Gottlob and
               Roberto Zicari},
  editor    = {Fran\c{c}ois Bancilhon and
               David J. DeWitt},
  title     = {Closed World Databases Opened Through Null Values},
  booktitle = {Fourteenth International Conference on Very Large Data Bases,
               August 29 - September 1, 1988, Los Angeles, California, USA,
               Proceedings},
  publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann},
  year      = {1988},
  isbn      = {0-934613-75-3},
  pages     = {50-61},
  ee        = {db/conf/vldb/GottlobZ88.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/vldb/88},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

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