Basic Data Concepts in ADAMS
John L. Pfaltz, SH Son, J French, PK Baron, DJ Kirks, Ratko Orlandić · 1987
Every database implementation is eventually grounded in a number of primitive concepts which are fundamental to understanding the system. ADAMS is based on five primitive concepts: attribute, co-domain, element, map, and set, which are developed in this preliminary design report. We then show that more traditional database constructs, such as relations, networks, and/or arrays, can be expressed in terms of these primitives. Note: Abstract extracted from PDF text