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Valid time

In temporal databases, valid-time is the time period when an event happened or something was true in the real world, or more formally when a fact was valid in the modeled reality.

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History

1 related topics

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Valid time

Nodes20
Edges19
Triples24
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.1
Components1

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Valid time

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related to Example · 13
Valid time → An, April, In, John, John's, Needs, Notice, On, Person, Resulting, Smallville, The, Valid
related to history · 10
Valid time → As, Database Language SQL, December, Ilsoo Ahn, ISO/IEC, Part, Richard, Snodgrass, SQL/Foundation, The
is a · 1
Valid time → time for which a fact is true in the real world

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Important terminology

valid time data database john valid-time period entry table two timeline represented example transaction new real world event happened interval

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Valid timeis atime for which a fact is true in the real world0.90text
Valid timerelated to ExampleNeeds0.60section
Valid timerelated to ExampleJohn's0.60section
Valid timerelated to ExampleValid0.60section
Valid timerelated to ExampleIn0.60section
Valid timerelated to ExamplePerson0.60section
Valid timerelated to ExampleOn0.60section
Valid timerelated to ExampleAn0.60section
Valid timerelated to ExampleJohn0.60section
Valid timerelated to ExampleSmallville0.60section
Valid timerelated to ExampleApril0.60section
Valid timerelated to ExampleNotice0.60section

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