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1998
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nD-SQL: A Multi-Dimensional Language for Interoperability and OLAP

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nD-SQL: A Multi-Dimensional Language for Interoperability and OLAP
We propose a multi-dimensional language called nD-SQL with the following features: (i) nD-SQL supports queries that interoperate amongst multiple relational sources with heterogeneous schemas, including RDBMS and relational data marts, overcoming the mismatch between data and schema; (ii) it supports complex forms of restructuring that permit the visualization of ndimensional data using the three physical dimensions of the relational model, viz., row, column, and relation; (iii) it captures sophisticated aggregations involving multiple granularities, to an arbitrary degree of resolution compared to CUBE, ROLLUP, and DRILLDOWN. We propose a formal model for a federation of relational sources and illustrate nD-SQL against it. We propose an extension to relational algebra, called restructuring relational algebra (RRA), capable of restructuring and aggregation. We propose an architecture for the implementation of an nD-SqL server, based on translating nD-SC/L queries into equivalent RRA e...
Frédéric Gingras, Laks V. S. Lakshma
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Type Conference
Year 1998
Where VLDB
Authors Frédéric Gingras, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan
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