FernUni Hagen
SECONDO

An Extensible Database System

What is Secondo

Secondo is an extensible database system supporting especially non-standard applications. Designed at the FernUniversität in Hagen, Secondo is a platform for implementing and experimenting with various kinds of data models.

Target Groups

Secondo can be used by groups at universities to pursue and prototype their research ideas for database systems. It can be used in teaching to show students in detail the architecture and implementation of database systems. Additionally, Secondo may be interesting for users in need of a database system able to handle non-standard data types usually not supported by standard systems.

Benefits

The Secondo system is extensible by algebra modules, using a well defined interface. New data models and data structures together with their operations are integrated into the system in this way. The source code is available and enables the user to access and modify every part of the database system. Secondo comes with a carefully written user manual, programmer's guide and installation instructions.

Functionality

Architecture

Objects of an arbitrary type defined in one of the Secondo algebra modules can be stored in a database. The following list shows some of the available algebras:

Query Example

Using these algebras, one can determine the names and addresses of all Italian restaurants in Berlin, which have a distance smaller than 2 km to the Brandenburg Gate. Then, the result is presented graphically.
   select [r:name, r:strasse, r:geoData]
   from   [restaurants as r, sehenswuerdpoi as s]
   where  [ s:name="Brandenburger Tor",
            r:art="Italienisch",
            distance(r:geoData, s:geodata) < 2000]


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Last Changed: 2009-08-06