Basis database or OpenText Collections Server is an Extended
Relational Database Management System
A relational database is a (most commonly digital) database based on the relational model of data, as proposed by E. F. Codd in 1970. A system used to maintain relational databases is a relational database management system (RDBMS). Many relatio ...
(RDBMS) produced by
OpenText
OpenText Corporation (also written ''opentext'') is a Canadian company that develops and sells enterprise information management (EIM) software.
OpenText, headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo is a city in the Canadian province of ...
.
BASIS was originally developed by the
Battelle Institute, and was spun off into Information Dimensions, a private company based out of Columbus Ohio. The strength of BASIS was its
Full Text Indexing.
The original version of BASIS was eventually merged with an RDBMS system called DM, and the resulting product was called BASISplus.
Information Dimensions was bought and sold a number of times before being acquired by OpenText Corporation in summer 1998.
Although the product is an extremely powerful and robust Full Text Database that incorporates a number of interesting features such as an integrated
Thesaurus
A thesaurus (plural ''thesauri'' or ''thesauruses'') or synonym dictionary is a reference work for finding synonyms and sometimes antonyms of words. They are often used by writers to help find the best word to express an idea:
Synonym diction ...
, early
SGML
The Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML; ISO 8879:1986) is a standard for defining generalized markup languages for documents. ISO 8879 Annex A.1 states that generalized markup is "based on two postulates":
* Declarative: Markup should des ...
support
and BLOB storage, it remains a very niche product which struggles to keep its market share.
The product runs on multiple platforms, and has a number of programming interfaces, including ODBC and JDBC drivers.
External links
OpenText Collections ServerOpenText Collections Server Product Overview
References
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