The Evolution of Vertical Database Architectures - A Historical Review (Keynote Talk)
My intention in this lecture is to discuss the evolution of key concepts behind today's emerging vertical database architectures. The Cantor project [5, 7] pioneered the analysis and coordinated application of many of these concepts in relational systems, which is one reason why references to this work are a recurring theme in what follows. The other reason is that although the work was duly reported in reasonably well-known conference publications, it has left no trace in citations. Thus, from a strictly evolutionary perspective, Cantor was a dead branch which left no progeny, but from a historical perspective it might still provide useful lessons.