David L. Childs

David L. Childs is a computer scientist noted for his work on his Extended Set Theoretic approach to data base management and cited by Edgar F. Codd in his key paper "A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks".

David L. Childs
Known forModeling computer data as mathematical objects
Home townAnn Arbor, Michigan
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsSet Theoretic Information Systems Corporation
InfluencedEdgar F. Codd

Biography

The late 1960s saw Childs working on the CONCOMP project for Research in Conversational Use of Computers under project director Franklin H. Westervelt.[1]

Childs proposed the Extended Set Theoretic approach to data base management in 1968 in his paper Feasibility of a set-theoretical data structure based on a reconstituted definition of relation.[2][3][4] The MICRO Relational Database Management System which was implemented in 1970 was based on Childs' Set-Theoretic Data Structure (STDS) work.

In 1970 Codd in his key paper on relational databases, A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks, cited one of Childs' 1968 papers as part of the basis for the work.[5]

In 1985 Childs formed Integrated Information Systems with object of focusing on the rapid integration and access of highly distributed disparate data and providing software and services to assist in handling this class of problem.[6]

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References
  1. Childs (1968a), Coverpage.
  2. Childs (1968b).
  3. Birss & Yeh (1977), p. 1.
  4. North (2010).
  5. Zozus (2017), Data Storage Structures.
  6. Microsoft (2006).
  • Birss, Edward W.; Yeh, Jeffry W. (31 January 1977). Set Theoretic Data Structures (STDS): A tutorial (PDF) (Report). Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  • Microsoft (8 August 2006). "Using Extended Set Theory for High Performance Database Management". Microsoft. David Childs. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  • Kahn, Michael A.; Bumelhart, Donald L.; Bronson, Boyd L. (1 October 1977). Cohen, Malcolm S. (ed.). "MICRO Information Management System (Version 5.0) Reference manual". University of Michigan & Wayne State University. p. 14.
  • North, Ken (10 March 2010). "Sets, Data Models and Data Independence". DrDobbs. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  • Zozus, Meredith Nahm (2017). The Data Book - collection and management of research data. CRC Press. ISBN 9781351647731. OCLC 1125020524.

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