Edgar F. Codd's Relational Model Paper Published
IBM researcher Edgar F. Codd published his seminal paper, 'A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks,' in Communications of the ACM.
Significance
This paper laid the theoretical and mathematical foundation for all modern relational databases, proposing a revolutionary paradigm for data organization that offered unprecedented flexibility and data independence.
Key facts
- Date
- 1970-06-01
- Type
- invention
- Location
- IBM Research, San Jose, California