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The Raleigh activity model: Integrating versions, concurrency, and access control

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Advanced Database Systems (BNCOD 1992)

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Abstract

Raleigh is an object-oriented database system being developed to support applications in software engineering (a dictionary or repository system) and in system management (a system configuration database). This paper describes Raleigh's activity model. The activity model provides a tightly-integrated solution to the requirements for version control, concurrency control, and access control.

Tim Walters is an independent consultant currently working for ICL.

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Kay, M.H., Rivett, P.J., Walters, T.J. (1992). The Raleigh activity model: Integrating versions, concurrency, and access control. In: Gray, P.M.D., Lucas, R.J. (eds) Advanced Database Systems. BNCOD 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 618. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55693-1_38

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