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Table of Contents

Preface, xix

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h a p t e r ▪ Temporal Databases and Mediators 1

1.1 TIME IN DATABASES 1

1.1.1 Database Concepts 2

1.1.2 Temporal Databases 3

1.1.3 Time Representation in SQL 4

1.1.4 Time in Data Warehouses 5

1.1.5 Temporal Constraints and Temporal

Relations 5

1.1.6 Requirements for a Temporal Knowledge-

Based Management System 6

1.1.7 Using XML for Temporal Data 7

1.1.8 Temporal Entity Relationship Models 8

1.2 DATABASE MEDIATORS 9

1.2.1 Temporal Relation Discovery 10

1.2.2 Semantic Queries on Temporal Data 12

1.3 ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 15

1.3.1 Additional Bibliography on Temporal

Primitives 15

1.3.2 A