- From: Eric Miller <em@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:37:56 -0400
- To: "Butler, Mark" <Mark_Butler@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Cc: www-rdf-dspace@w3.org
On Thursday, August 7, 2003, at 05:02 AM, Butler, Mark wrote: > > Hi team, > > one of the things I didn't appreciate until recently is pre-existing > library > systems tend to use hierarchical databases. Its hard to find resources > on > hierarchical databases, most textbooks concentrate on relational or OO > DBs. > For people who would like to know more, see this Oracle TechNet article > > http://otn.oracle.com/oramag/webcolumns/2003/techarticles/ > gennick_connectby. > html > Mark, I'm not sure how far down this path you're interested in going, but the following may be of additional interest to you in your copious free time :) [[ Pears - The Pears Open Source project offers software that implements a Pears database layer. Pears databases have features that make them ideal for storing hierarchically structured data, such as bibliographic records, authority records and text documents. The software includes a stand-alone program to build a Pears database. ]] - http://www.oclc.org/research/software/pears/ Pears is built by Ralph LeVan (levan@oclc.org) who architected OCLC's hierarchical database system. -- eric miller http://www.w3.org/people/em/ semantic web activity lead http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ w3c world wide web consortium http://www.w3.org/
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