Managing Time in Relational Databases How to design, Update and Query Temporal data

Managing Time in Relational Databases: How to Design, Update and Query Temporal Data introduces basic concepts that will enable businesses to develop their own framework for managing temporal data. It discusses the management of uni-temporal and bi-temporal data in relational databases, so that they can be seamlessly accessed together with current data; the encapsulation of temporal data structures and processes; ways to implement temporal data management as an enterprise solution; and the internalization of pipeline datasets.

The book is organized into three parts. Part 1 traces the history of temporal data management and presents a taxonomy of bi-temporal data management methods. Part 2 provides an introduction to Asserted Versioning, covering the origins of Asserted Versioning; core concepts of Asserted Versioning; the schema common to all asserted version tables, as well as the various diagrams and notations used in the rest of the book; and how the basic scenario works when the target of that activity is an asserted version table. Part 3 deals with designing, maintaining, and querying asserted version databases. It discusses the design of Asserted Versioning databases; temporal transactions; deferred assertions and other pipeline datasets; Allen relationships; and optimizing Asserted Versioning databases.

Part 1. An Introduction to Temporal Data ManagementChapter 1. A Brief History of Temporal Data ManagementChapter 2. A Taxonomy of Bi-Temporal Data Management MethodsPart 2. An Introduction to Asserted VersioningChapter 3. The Origins of Asserted Versioning: Computer Science ResearchChapter 4. The Origins of Asserted Versioning: IT Best PracticesChapter 5. The Core Concepts of Asserted VersioningChapter 6. Diagrams and Other NotationsChapter 7. The Basic ScenarioPart 3. Designing, Maintaining and Querying Asserted Version DatabasesChapter 8. Designing and Generating Asserted Versioning DatabasesChapter 9. An Introduction to Temporal TransactionsChapter 10.Temporal Transactions on Single TablesChapter 11. Temporal Transactions on Multiple TablesChapter 12. Deferred Assertions and Other Pipeline DatasetsChapter 13. Re-Presenting Internalized Pipeline DatasetsChapter 14. Allen Relationship and Other QueriesChapter 15. Optimizing Asserted Versioning DatabasesChapter 16. ConclusionAppendix: Bibliographical Essay