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Managing Hierarchies and Taxonomies in Relational Databases

Managing Hierarchies and Taxonomies in Relational Databases

Ido Millet
Copyright: © 2005 |Pages: 5
ISBN13: 9781591405535|ISBN10: 159140553X|EISBN13: 9781591407942
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch330
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Millet, Ido. "Managing Hierarchies and Taxonomies in Relational Databases." Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., IGI Global, 2005, pp. 1870-1874. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch330

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Millet, I. (2005). Managing Hierarchies and Taxonomies in Relational Databases. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition (pp. 1870-1874). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch330

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Millet, Ido. "Managing Hierarchies and Taxonomies in Relational Databases." In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., 1870-1874. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch330

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Abstract

The need to maintain classification and retrieval mechanisms that rely on concept hierarchies is as old as language itself. Familiar examples include the Dewey decimal classification system used in libraries and the system for classifying life forms developed in the 1700s by Carolus Linnaeus. A more recent example is Yahoo’s subject taxonomy.

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