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HierarchicalDataBase version 2, including all changes.
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[HierarchicalDataBase]s are a form of DataBase predating [RelationalDataBase]s and [PostRelationalDataBase]s but still used in places where applications have and need for an indexed database of relatively complex data. Recently [HierarchicalDataBase]s have been loosing ground/marketshare to [XMLDataBase]s. |
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The two OpenSource implmentations are [BerkeleyDB] and [GDBM], which both implement the [UNIX] dbm interface and can be used (almost) interchangably. The [Windows] registry is also a [HierarchicalDataBase]. |
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[LDAP] is a [HierarchicalDataBase] access standard, in much the same way that [SQL] is a [RelationalDataBase] access standard. |