Assignment title: Information
Part 1: Describe the motivation, theory and technology behind . Compare and contrast this with the standard Relational Database Model that has been discussed during the topic. In doing so, discuss the benefits and drawbacks of both approaches and when it is appropriate to use each approach.
Part 2: Finally, discuss how the approach could be applied to (different schema like Perilous Printing, the Woe Be Gone Clinic or the DreamHome database used in the topic.
can be one of the following: NoSQL, Graph database, NewSQL, Spatial database, Document database, Object databases, or your own choice with discussion with the topic coordinator.
What to do
To answer the question Part 1 you must review at least 5 academic journal articles or conference papers on your . The review should take the form of an annotated bibliography. You should then write a 1000 word essay that addresses Part 1 and Part 2 above.
Annotated Bibliography
You must critically evaluate which references to include (e.g. a webpage that is on a university website has more legitimacy than a random blog post, a refereed journal article even better). The references, which should be formatted in the Harvard style, should be annotated. This need not be more than a paragraph and should include a brief summary of the whole article and, most importantly, critically assess its usefulness to your chosen topic. Some questions you might want to answer are: Why is it a good source? What are the important bits of information in the article? How will it be used in the essay? The Student Learning Centre has a document describing a brief annotated bibliography here: