Data Model: A set of concepts to describe the structure of a database, and certain constraints that the database should obey. Data Model Operations: Operations for specifying database retrievals and updates by referring to the concepts of the data model. Operations on the data model may include basic operations and user-defined operations. | Database System Concepts and Architecture Data Models Data Model: A set of concepts to describe the structure of a database, and certain constraints that the database should obey. Data Model Operations: Operations for specifying database retrievals and updates by referring to the concepts of the data model. Operations on the data model may include basic operations and user-defined operations. Categories of data models Conceptual (high-level, semantic) data models: Provide concepts that are close to the way many users perceive data. (Also called entity-based or object-based data models.) Physical (low-level, internal) data models: Provide concepts that describe details of how data is stored in the computer. Implementation (representational) data models: Provide concepts that fall between the above two, balancing user views with some computer storage details. History of Data Models Relational Model: proposed in 1970 by . Codd (IBM), first commercial system in 1981-82. Now in several | Database System Concepts and Architecture Data Models Data Model: A set of concepts to describe the structure of a database, and certain constraints that the database should obey. Data Model Operations: Operations for specifying database retrievals and updates by referring to the concepts of the data model. Operations on the data model may include basic operations and user-defined operations. Categories of data models Conceptual (high-level, semantic) data models: Provide concepts that are close to the way many users perceive data. (Also called entity-based or object-based data models.) Physical (low-level, internal) data models: Provide concepts that describe details of how data is stored in the computer. Implementation (representational) data models: Provide concepts that fall between the above two, balancing user views with some computer storage details. History of Data Models Relational Model: proposed in 1970 by . Codd (IBM), first commercial system in 1981-82. Now in several commercial products (DB2, ORACLE, SQL Server, SYBASE, INFORMIX). Network Model: the first one to be implemented by Honeywell in 1964-65 (IDS System). Adopted heavily due to the support by CODASYL (CODASYL - DBTG report of 1971). Later implemented in a large variety of systems - IDMS (Cullinet - now CA), DMS 1100 (Unisys), IMAGE (.), VAX -DBMS (Digital Equipment Corp.). Hierarchical Data Model: implemented in a joint effort by IBM and North American Rockwell around 1965. Resulted in the IMS family of systems. The most popular model. Other system based on this model: System 2k (SAS inc.) History of Data Models Object-oriented Data Model(s): several models have been proposed for implementing in a database system. One set comprises models of persistent O-O Programming Languages such as C++ (., in OBJECTSTORE or VERSANT), and Smalltalk (., in GEMSTONE). Additionally, systems like O2, ORION (at MCC - then ITASCA), IRIS (at used in Open OODB). Object-Relational Models: Most .
