Managing Time in Relational Databases

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Introduction

Chapter Contents

3. The Origins of Asserted Versioning: Computer Science Research51

4. The Origins of Asserted Versioning: The Best Practices75

5. The Core Concepts of Asserted Versioning95

6. Diagrams and Other Notations119

7. The Basic Scenario141

Part 1 provided the context for Asserted Versioning, a history and a taxonomy of various ways in which temporal data has been managed over the last several decades. Here in Part 2, we introduce Asserted Versioning itself and prepare the way for the detailed discussion in Part 3 of how Asserted Versioning actually works.

In Chapter 3, we discuss the origins of Asserted Versioning in computer science research. Based on the work of computer scientists, ...