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This paper presents the constituent techniques and the implementation of a semantic integrity subsystem for a distributed database (SICSDD). The subsystem provides complete functionality and an efficient strategy for constraint enforcement. Complete functionality is attained through a modular and extensible architecture in which several techniques are incorporated. These are either modifications/extensions of techniques developed by other researchers or new techniques proposed by us. The integration of these techniques is necessary to achieve efficient constraint enforcement, particularly in a distributed database.
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Ibrahim, H., Gray, W.A., Fiddian, N.J. (1996). SICSDD: Techniques and implementation. In: Gaede, V., Brodsky, A., Günther, O., Srivastava, D., Vianu, V., Wallace, M. (eds) Constraint Databases and Applications. CDB 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1191. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-62501-1_32
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