Database Models

• Hierarchical Database Model

  • Advantages
    • Conceptual simplicity
    • Database security
    • Data independence
    • Database integrity
    • Efficiency dealing with a large database
  • Disadvantages
    • Complex implementation
    • Difficult to manage
    • Lacks structural independence
    • Applications programming and use complexity
    • Implementation limitations
    • Lack of standards

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