This monograph provides a rigorous foundation for handling business and engineering data based on unnormalized relations. The model discussed here is the nested table data model. The book does not assume a reader's familiarity with database systems.

Inhalt
1 Introduction.- 2 Historical Background.- 2.1 Form Data Model.- 2.2 Form System.- 2.3 Form-Based Application Specification.- 3 Nested Table Data Model.- 3.1 Overview.- 3.2 Nested Table.- 3.3 Nested Table Handle.- 3.4 Nested Table Operation.- 3.5 Dependencies and Normalization.- 3.6 Operational Properties of NT Operations.- 3.7 Summary.- 4 Form Document Workbench.- 4.1 Overview.- 4.2 Requirements and Features.- 4.3 Three Level System Hierarchy.- 4.4 Form Document Manipulation Model.- 4.5 System Architecture.- 4.6 Interactive Document Handling.- 4.7 Prototype Implementation.- 4.8 Experimental Evaluation.- 4.9 Summary.- 5 Form-Based Application Generation.- 5.1 Overview.- 5.2 Application System Model.- 5.3 Application Procedure Specification.- 5.4 Application Generation Environments.- 5.5 Summary.- 6 Conclusion.- References.- Appendix B: BNF Specification of NTPL.- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations.