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This paper describes a new architecture (based on the relational data model) for the handling of time-varying data which is well suited for medical applications. This model also provides a heterogeneous distributed capability such that current and historical data may be stored on a network of different computing facilities. We have prototyped such a temporal data management system under the UNIX operating system using the C programming language which interfaces with the commercial relational database management system - Ingres.
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Ling, D.H.O., Bell, D.A., Young, I.R. (1991). A Temporal Database Management for Medical and Health Care Systems. In: Adlassnig, KP., Grabner, G., Bengtsson, S., Hansen, R. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe 1991. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 45. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93503-9_21
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