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Abstract: This article is a position paper for the Database Systems workshop at the 1996 ACM Strategic Directions conference. It advocates repackaging database management system functions so they can be applied to data not directly managed by the DBMS.Categories and Subject Descriptors: H.2.4 [Database Management]: Systems
General Terms: Design
Additional Key Words and Phrases: System repackaging, database architecture
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