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Identical coursesAdvanced Database Management and Content Management (B-KUL-D0I72A)
Aims
Gaining insight in a number of advanced developments in the field of database
management (structured data) and content management (semi-structured and unstructured data).
Previous knowledge
Thorough knowledge of the basic terms of database systems and database management: database design and data models (Entity-Relationship, object-oriented and relational model), architecture of a DBMS, experience with relational databases and SQL.
Students need to have attended an introductory course in the field of Database
management (this may for example be Principles of Database Management).
Is included in these courses of study
- Master handelsingenieur (Leuven) 120 ects.
- Master handelsingenieur (Leuven) (Minor: Informatica voor handelsingenieurs) 120 ects.
- Master handelsingenieur in de beleidsinformatica (Leuven) 120 ects.
- Master of Business Engineering (Leuven) 120 ects.
- Master of Business Engineering (Leuven) (Minor: Business Informatics for Business Engineers) 120 ects.
- Master of Business and Information Systems Engineering (Leuven) 120 ects.
- Master of Business and Information Systems Engineering: Double Degree UNamur (outgoing) (Leuven) 120 ects.
- Courses for Exchange Students Faculty of Economics and Business (Leuven)
Activities
3 ects. Advanced Database Management and Content Management (B-KUL-D0I72a)
EnglishFormat: Lecture
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First termContent
1. Physical aspects of data storage
2. Postrelational database systems
3. Object persistence and object oriented database systems
4. XML, XML databases and webservices
5. Distributed and loosely coupled databases
6. Information integration and content management
7. Recent evolutions in database management: NoSQL databases and Big Data
Course material
Used Course Material
* Handbook: Lemahieu W., vanden Broucke S. and Baesens B., 2018, Principles of Database Management, Cambridge University Press
* Use of Toledo for extra course material (slides, reader)
* Course material consists primarily of what has been taught during lectures
Toledo
* Toledo is being used for this learning activity.