A methodology for database management of time-variant encodings and/or missing information

The problem presented is how to handle encoded data for which the encodings or decodings change with respect to time, and which contains codes indicating that certain data is unknown, invalid, or not applicable with respect to certain entities during certain time periods. It is desirable to build a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Threlfall, William John
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28349