Bitemporal Data

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “f” refer to figures.

A

Allen Relationships, 24, 99

basic, 100–107

[Before], 105–106, 112–113

[During], 103–104, 110–111

[Equals], 104, 109–110

[Finishes], 102–103, 111–112

[Meets], 106–107, 112–113

[Overlaps], 104–105

[Starts], 101–102, 111–112

combinations of, 107

[AlignsWith], 110–111, 111–112

[Contains], 108–109, 109–110

[Encloses], 109–110, 110–111

[Excludes], 108, 112–113

[Includes], 108, 108–109

importance of, 99–100

taxonomy of, 100–107

binary partitioning of, 107–113, 113f

thought experiment, 114–115

Ambiguity, 82, 82

ambiguous-time table, 241, 254, 271, 272

Antecedent, 46, 54–55

Application period, 29

Application time period table, 249

Aristotle

on accidents, 65–67

roots, 64–68

on substance, 64–65 ...