Foundation for the Relational Data Model

• Georg Cantor

• • Papers on set theory (1878-1884)

• D. L. Childs

• • “Feasibility of a set-theoretic data structure: a general structure based on a reconstituted definition of relation” (1968)

• E. F. Codd

• • “Derivability, Redundancy and Consistency of Relations Stored in Large Data Banks” (1969)
  • “A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks” (1970)