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The ANSI/SPARC DBSSG(1) took a major step forward for the database community when it identified the need for a conceptual schema in the context of a three-schema framework for database systems. The three-schema framework allows a clear separation of the conceptual schema from the external schema and the internal physical schema, resulting in databases which are flexible and adaptable to changes. A new step forward needs to be taken if the database system framework is to allow databases to be flexible and adaptable to changes of the conceptual schema.
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Roussopoulos, N., Mark, L. (1985). Self-Describing and Self-Documenting Database Systems. In: Chang, SK. (eds) Languages for Automation. Management and Information Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1388-6_13
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