Third-generation database system manifesto

We present a manifesto for the future direction of data and database management systems. The manifesto consists of a series of prescriptions, proscriptions, and "very strong suggestions."

Active database systems have been a hot research topic for quite some years now. However, while “active functionality” has been claimed for many systems, and notions such as “active objects” or “events” are used in many research areas (even beyond ...

Second-generation mobile radio systems have been deployed successfully worldwide. These systems have evolved to higher data rates and packet transmission. Third-generation mobile radio systems are currently being standardized worldwide to be initially ...