Recursive Database Structure

A Recursive Database Structure is a database structure that is a recursive data structure.

• Context:
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• Example(s):
  • a Chart of Accounts Database Structure.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Class Diagram.
  • an RDF-based Model.
• See: EAV Data Model, Data Modeling, Database.

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References

2005

• (Brandon, 2005) ⇒ Daniel Brandon. (2005). “Recursive Database Structures.” In: Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 21(2).
  • QUOTE: Recursive database structures, like binary relations, can appear in three ways as shown in the E-R diagrams of Figure 1.

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