Comparing Data Models and Choosing One
A single comparison of hierarchical, network, relational, object oriented, object relational and NoSQL models, plus a practical method for choosing a...
Ways of structuring data: hierarchical, network, relational and beyond.
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A single comparison of hierarchical, network, relational, object oriented, object relational and NoSQL models, plus a practical method for choosing a...
The object oriented model stores objects with identity, state and behaviour. The object relational model adds those ideas to a relational core, which...
The relational model stores everything in tables and connects them by matching values rather than pointers. That one decision delivers declarative que...
The hierarchical model arranges records in a tree with one parent each; the network model allows many parents through a graph of sets. Both used physi...
A data model is the set of concepts used to describe data, relationships, semantics and constraints. Models are grouped as high level, representationa...