Managing Time in Relational Databases

The Asserted Versioning Glossary

This Glossary contains approximately 300 definitions, nearly all of which are specific to Asserted Versioning. Most expressions have both a Mechanics entry and a Semantics entry. A Mechanics entry describes how the defined concept is implemented in the “machinery” of Asserted Versioning. A Semantics entry describes what that concept means. We can also think of a Mechanics entry as telling us what a component of Asserted Versioning is or what it does, and a Semantics entry as telling us why it is important.

In linguistics, the usual contrast to semantics is syntax. But syntax is only the bill of materials of Asserted Versioning. The Asserted Versioning Framework, or any other implementation of Asserted Versioning, ...