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The Entity Join
A new operator, the entity join, is proposed as an extension to the relational model. While similar to the traditional join, it is based on common entities rather than matching representations. The entity join avoids a number of problems arising from the loose correspondence between names and entiti...
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| Published in | Fifth International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, 1979 pp. 232 - 238 |
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| Format | Conference Proceeding |
| Language | English |
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IEEE
1979
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| DOI | 10.1109/VLDB.1979.718138 |
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| Summary: | A new operator, the entity join, is proposed as an extension to the relational model. While similar to the traditional join, it is based on common entities rather than matching representations. The entity join avoids a number of problems arising from the loose correspondence between names and entities, it rationalizes the traditional join, and it extends the usability of the relational model. |
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| DOI: | 10.1109/VLDB.1979.718138 |