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To review, modem-day relational DBMS can be considered as having three parts: a kernel, an interface and a toolkit. The kernel comprises the core DBMS functions such as storage and concurrency control. The interface comprises generally some database sub-language such as SQL. Around this standard interface most vendors offer a range of additional software tools for producing information systems. We call this collection the DBMS toolkit. Thus the concept of DBMS originally discussed in chapter 2 is extending further outwards to encompass more and more areas of application building. In this chapter we concentrate on tools for information systems development and use. We do not consider tools for monitoring and administering databases. These are briefly discussed in chapter 11.
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Beynon-Davies, P. (1996). DBMS Toolkit. In: Database Systems. Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13722-0_8
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