Time-versioned data storage mechanism

Details Time-versioned data storage mechanism Time-versioned data storage mechanism

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G06F 17/30 (2006.01)

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CA 2278822

In a time-versioned storage mechanism, data is stored as a plurality of records, each including at least one attribute, a time span indicating the time span for which the attribute is valid, an insertion time indicating when the record was created, and a type field. The type field indicates whether the record is a concrete record, a delta record that possibly modifies the attribute value of a previous concrete or delta record, or an archive record replacing one or more records that have been archived. The data is accessed to find an attribute value from the point of view of a specified viewpoint time, by retrieving only records with insertion times not later than said viewpoint time, and constructing an attribute value from the retrieved records. The data is updated only by adding concrete records or delta records, without modifying attribute values in the concrete records or delta records.

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