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The Relational Database and the Concept of the Information System
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
- IEEE Computer Society
- Volume 34, Number 4, October–December 2012
- pp. 9-17
- Article
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E.F. Codd developed his relational database concept within a community that was attempting to create a general-purpose machine for retrieving and reasoning with data. Rather than just making progress toward that goal, this article argues that Codd's accomplishment marked the end of that effort and traces the heritage of the relational database system as it relates to the concept of an information system.