Lowell Report

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Lowell Report

• Avi Silberschatz
• Department of Computer Science
• Yale University

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The Web as a Multidatabase

• Integration of heterogeneous data sources. Will
  we ever solve this problem?
• If we are to integrate data from thousands of
  unknown sites, how do we guarantee the
  quality of the data and the results of the
  various queries?

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Integration of OSs and DBMSs

• Operating systems store a variety of data in
  tabular format, which can be viewed as
  relational tables.
• Create an OS-DB-based kernel that provides the
  foundation to both the OS and the DBMS.
• Have all data reside in the DBMS (rather than the
  OS file system).

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I have a dream!

• Operating Systems are used on a regular basis by
  ordinary people
• Why can we not have Database Systems enjoy the
  same?