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 Introduction

1. Information and Data

2. Object-properties Modeling

3. Properties and Relationships

4. Kinds of Properties

    4.1. Entity Properties 

           4.1.1. First Order Properties

                    4.1.1.1. Observed/Measured 1OPs

                    4.1.1.2. Inferred 1OPs

                 4.1.1.3. Primitive 1OPs

                    4.1.1.4. Properties in Context

           4.1.2.  Second Order Properties

    4.2. Group Properties

           4.2.1. Uniqueness 3OPs

           4.2.2. Functional Dependency 3OPs

           4.2.3. Intra-group aggregates 3OPs

           4.2.4. Meaning Criteria

    4.3. Multigroup Properties

           4.3.1. Inter-group entities 4OPs

           4.3.2. Inter-group aggregates 4OPs

 4.4. Meta-logical Properties

        4.4.1. Assertion “Property”

        4.4.2. Designation “Property

5. Business Rules

    5.1. Property Rules

          5.1.1. 1OP BRs

          5.1.2. 1OPic BRs

    5.2. Entity 2OP Rules

    5.3. Group 3OP Rules

          5.3.1. Uniqueness BRs

          5.3.2. Functional Dependency BRs

          5.3.3. Intra-aggregates BRs

    5.4. Multigroup 4OP Rules

          5.4.1. Inter-entities BRs

          5.4.2. Inter-aggregates BRs

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Introduction

1. Interpretation and Formalization

2. Entity Properties

2.1. Ontological Commitment

2.2. Kinds of Property

2.2.1. Observed/Measured Properties

2.2.2. Inferred Properties

2.2.3  Primitive Properties 

3. Relational Domains and Attributes

3.1. Domains As Data Types

3.1.1. RDM and Programming Data Types

3.1.2. Abstract Data Types

3.2. Domain Definition

3.2.1. Domain Predicate

3.2.2. Domain Operators

4. Kinds of Domain

4.1. Base and Derived Domains

4.2. Primitive Domains

5.3. Atomic ("Simple") Domains

5.4. Complex (Derived) Domains

5. RDM Type System

6. DBMS Domain Support

6.1. A Complex Domain Example

6.2. SQL Built-in Data Types

Conclusion

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Introduction
1. “Inapplicable Data”: Nothing's Missing
2. Missing Data: Into the Unknown
3. SQL NULL: What-Valued Logic?
4. Known Unknowns: Metadata
5. A Relational Solution
5.1. The Practicality of Theory
5.2. A Real World Example
5.3. Relation Proliferation
6. Questions/Comments/Objections
Conclusion
 

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Introduction
1. Logical Symmetric Access
2. Universal Data Sublanguage
2.1. FOPL vs. SOL
2.2. Relational Completeness
2.3. Computational Completeness and Hosting
3. Kinds of Relations
3.1. Expressible and Named Relations
3.2. Derived Relations
3.3. Data Storage
4. Derived Relations and Redundancy
4.1. Database Consistency
5. Database Catalog
Conclusion

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Series Preface
Introduction
1. Interpretation of Database Relations
1.1. Attributes as Constrained Domains
1.2. Time-Varying Relations
2. Representation of Database Relations
2.1. Physical Data Independence
2.1.1. Uniquely Named Attributes
2.1.2. Primary Keys
2.1.3. Relations and R-tables
3. Normalization
3.1. First Normal Form and “Simple” Domains
3.2. Normalization and Nonsimple Domains
3.2.1. Foreign Keys
Conclusion