Immutability Changes Everything.

The article discusses immutable data. Particular focus is given to the ways in which applications (apps) use immutable data and how they generate immutable datasets for later analysis. The author examines the ways in which semantically immutable datasets can be altered and still remain immutable. To...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 64 - 71
Autor principal: HELLAND, PAT
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Jan2016
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
Descripción
Sumario:The article discusses immutable data. Particular focus is given to the ways in which applications (apps) use immutable data and how they generate immutable datasets for later analysis. The author examines the ways in which semantically immutable datasets can be altered and still remain immutable. Topics include SQL, big data, metadata, and updatability.