[DM1-1] Overview on database concepts

This topic includes the main basic database concepts: - Database, definition and overview - Database management system, definition and overview - Relational databases, overview - Object-oriented databases, overview - Object-relational databases - NoSQL databases, general overview - NoSQL databases, examples triple stores, array databases, others (overview)

External resources

• Alagic, S. (1986). Relational database technology (Texts and monographs in computer science). New York (N.Y.): Springer.
• Date, C. (2004). An introduction to database systems (8th ed.). Reading (Mass.): Addison-Wesley.
• Dietrich, S. (2011). Fundamentals of object databases: Object-oriented and object-relational design (Synthesis lectures on data management, # 12). San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA): Morgan & Claypool.
• Gorskis, Henrihs, Aleksejeva, Ludmila, & Poļaka, Inese. (2017). Database Concepts in a Domain Ontology. Information Technology and Management Science, 20(1), 69-73. DOI: 10.1515/itms-2017-0012
• Korth, Henry F., & Silberschatz, Abraham. (1986). Database system concepts (MacGraw-Hill advanced computer science series). New York (N.Y.): MacGraw-Hill.

Learning outcomes

• 2283 - Explain what databases are

  Explain what databases are

Self assessment

Outgoing relations

• [DM1-1] Overview on database concepts subclassof [DM1] Foundations for Data Modelling Storage and Exploitation