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INFO-H415

Advanced databases

academic year
2023-2024
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Esteban ZIMANYI (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

english

Course content

Active databases. Temporal databases. Object-oriented databases. Deductive databases. XML databases.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

The course introduces the concepts and techniques of some innovative database applications. In particular, the course covers (1) new technological developments, such as object-orientation and distribution, and (2) the management of new data types such as temporal or spatial data.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Cours ayant celui-ci comme co-requis

Teaching methods and learning activities

The theoretical courses are complemented by practical exercices realized on machine.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

C. Zaniolo et al., Advanced Database Systems, Morgan Kaufmann, 1997 R.T. Snodgrass, Developing Time-Oriented Database Applications in SQL, Morgan Kaufmann, 2000 R.G.G. Cattel et al., The Object Database Standard: ODMG 3.0, Morgan Kaufmann, 2000 P. Walmsley, XQuery, O'Reilly, 2007 J. Melton, A.R. Simon, SQL: 1999 - Understanding Relational Language Components, Morgan Kaufmann, 2001 J. Melton, Advanced SQL: 1999 - Understanding Object-Relational and Other Advanced Features, Morgan Kaufmann, 2002 J. Melton, S. Buxton, Querying XML: XQuery, XPath, and SQL/XML in context, Morgan Kaufmann, 2006

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

A written exam and a project to be realized by the students. The exam covers the different technologies viewed at the course.

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