• DocumentCode
    1334840
  • Title

    Databases as Social Entities

  • Author

    Badia, Antonio

  • Author_Institution
    University of Louisville
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    70
  • Lastpage
    73
  • Abstract
    Databases can be seen as social entities, since they are used by a group of users, not a single one. This article describes methods to transform this group into a social network and then use the added social dimension for collaborative tasks. The author defines user similarity based on the similarity of SQL statements and proposes ways to let users add tags or metadata to the databas. This user-generated content is stored with the data it refers to.
  • Keywords
    SQL; content management; groupware; meta data; social networking (online); SQL statement similarity; collaborative tasks; databases; metadata; social dimension; social entity; social network; tags; user similarity; user-generated content; Content management; Database systems; Social network services; User generated content; query processing; social database; user-generated content;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Intelligent Systems, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1541-1672
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIS.2012.96
  • Filename
    6353476