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Versioning Approach for Database Evolution

Versioning Approach for Database Evolution

Hassina Bounif
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 11
ISBN13: 9781605662428|ISBN10: 1605662429|EISBN13: 9781605662435
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-242-8.ch011
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Bounif, Hassina. "Versioning Approach for Database Evolution." Handbook of Research on Innovations in Database Technologies and Applications: Current and Future Trends, edited by Viviana E. Ferraggine, et al., IGI Global, 2009, pp. 91-101. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-242-8.ch011

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Bounif, H. (2009). Versioning Approach for Database Evolution. In V. Ferraggine, J. Doorn, & L. Rivero (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Innovations in Database Technologies and Applications: Current and Future Trends (pp. 91-101). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-242-8.ch011

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Bounif, Hassina. "Versioning Approach for Database Evolution." In Handbook of Research on Innovations in Database Technologies and Applications: Current and Future Trends, edited by Viviana E. Ferraggine, Jorge Horacio Doorn, and Laura C. Rivero, 91-101. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-242-8.ch011

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Abstract

Schema evolution is an important research topic with an extensive literature built up over the years. However, databases are still reluctant to change and thus their evolution is difficult to achieve because the evolution of the schema involves several issues at different levels of the database schema such as the change management at the logical level. Several approaches have been proposed to achieve the evolution of a schema of a wide range of types of databases. Versioning, modification and views are examples of these chosen approaches. In this paper, we present and discuss one of these approaches, which is the versioning approach for database evolution. The future trends of the versioning are presented as well.

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