Dataplan

Part 1 Resume of database principles: what is a database? what is data processing?; data and data structures; the entity-relationship model; data dependencies within relations; decomposition and normal forms; concurrent transactions and crash recovery. Part 2 The DATAPLAN language: a DATAPLAN primer; data types and definitions; data declarations; commands; data expressions. Part 3 More on DATAPLAN: the data types in more detail; input and output; concurrent programming and crash recovery; small scale examples; the store management system. Part 4 The university - lecture courses and degree schemes: an informal description; the database modelled in DATAPLAN; some queries and transactions; some representative courses and schemes. Part 5 The university - who does what and where: the principal entities and relationships; the posts; the units; appointments and vacancies; transactions. Part 6 Concurrency and communications - an office network: the network architecture; the user interface; the mission office and account office; the office programs.