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Relational model

Codd · 1969

Codd’s 1969 relational model is a formal specification—not software, not SQL, not a product. It defines data as tuples in relations, enforces consistency via logic, and insists all information be explicit. Real databases violate it daily. That gap is where data engineering begins.