Network databases

Like its predecessor, the hierarchical model of data, the network model of

FIGURE B.5 Hierarchical database occurrences
FIGURE B.6 Hierarchical database records in sequence
data formed the basis for a number of pre-relational database management systems. The model was based on the recommendations of the Conference on Data Systems Languages (CODASYL) Data Base Task Group, published in 1971. The most prominent product based on the network model was the Integrated Database Management System (IDMS) from Cullinet Software, Inc ...

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