Imprecise Schema: A Rationale for Relations with Embedded Subrelations.

@article{DBLP:journals/tods/DreizenC89,
  author    = {Howard M. Dreizen and
               Shi-Kuo Chang},
  title     = {Imprecise Schema: A Rationale for Relations with Embedded Subrelations},
  journal   = {ACM Trans. Database Syst.},
  volume    = {14},
  number    = {4},
  year      = {1989},
  pages     = {447-479},
  ee        = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/76902.76903, db/journals/tods/DreizenC89.html},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

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