Grand Challenges for the Database Community

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Grand Challenges for the Database Community

• Jim GrayMicrosoft

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Grand ChallengeMemex Make it easy to

• Capture, store everything I see and hear,and
  things I might want to see and hear.
• Access that information instantly.
• Present answers in the most understandable form.
• Anticipate my questions.

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No Knobs Data Stores

• Build a data store that
• Self-organizes the data
• Never forgets
• Is secure

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Unify Code and Data

• Sql unified data definition, manipulation,
  control lanuages.
• ButDB and app are separate today they should
  not be
• XML needs to become DXML
• Active databases are a good idea.
• Publish/Subscribe is a good model
• Build a system where programs and data are
  integrated.
• There are semantic issues data modeland
  unsolved systems issues perf/ security/ schema
  evolution/