A Database Model for Social History: Historical Data Grinder and the Transylvanian Society of 19th and 20th Centuries

A Database Model for Social History: Historical Data Grinder and the Transylvanian Society of 19th and 20th Centuries – The study presents a new model for building a historical database, namely, the Historical Data Grinder (HDG). It is based on the EAV design model developed in bio-medicine and it o...

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Published inRevue de Transylvanie. Vol. XXVIII; no. 2; pp. 100 - 111
Main Author Lumezeanu, Angela-Cristina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Academia Română – Centrul de Studii Transilvane 2019
Romanian Academy – Center for Transylvanian Studies
Subjects
19th Century
History
Modern Age
Pre-WW I WW I (1900 -1919)
Recent History (1900 till today)
Social history
EAV design model
Historical Data Grinder
heterogeneous sources
historical population database
Transylvania
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Summary:A Database Model for Social History: Historical Data Grinder and the Transylvanian Society of 19th and 20th Centuries – The study presents a new model for building a historical database, namely, the Historical Data Grinder (HDG). It is based on the EAV design model developed in bio-medicine and it offers some advantages for the historian especially when dealing with a large variety of heterogeneous sources. The database is very flexible and has a simple architecture, with fewer tables and relations when compared to a relational database. The HDG database has the possibility to store any kind of historical information with no limitations regarding the time period, geographic area or thematic range to which reference is made, and is also suitable as a teaching and experimental tool.
ISSN:1221-1249