Relational Database System Instance

A Relational Database System Instance is a database system instance that follows a relational data model (composed of relational tables related by referential integrity).

• AKA: Relational Data, Relational Data Set.
• Context:
  • It can (typically) be managed by a Relational DBMS.
  • It can (typically) be a Relational SQL Database.
• Example(s):
  • a TPC-C Database (for TPC-C).
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Key-Value Store Instance.
  • a Semi-Structured Database.
• See: Relational Data Mining, SQL, Relational Model.

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References

2016

• (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://wikipedia.org/wiki/relational_database Retrieved:2016-3-2.
  • A relational database is a digital database whose organization is based on the relational model of data, as proposed by E.F. Codd in 1970.

    The various software systems used to maintain relational databases are known as a relational database management system (RDBMS).

    Virtually all relational database systems use SQL (Structured Query Language) as the language for querying and maintaining the database.

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