nD-SQL: A Multi-Dimensional Language for Interoperability and OLAP.

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/vldb/GingrasL98,
  author    = {Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric Gingras and
               Laks V. S. Lakshmanan},
  editor    = {Ashish Gupta and
               Oded Shmueli and
               Jennifer Widom},
  title     = {nD-SQL: A Multi-Dimensional Language for Interoperability and
               OLAP},
  booktitle = {VLDB'98, Proceedings of 24rd International Conference on Very
               Large Data Bases, August 24-27, 1998, New York City, New York,
               USA},
  publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann},
  year      = {1998},
  isbn      = {1-55860-566-5},
  pages     = {134-145},
  ee        = {db/conf/vldb/GingrasL98.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/vldb/98},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Abstract

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