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Every reputable DBMS contains a system catalog (also called the data dictionary) of some form. This has been alluded to several times earlier in the course. This chapter discusses this very important component of the database system. The chapter proceeds under the following subtopics:
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Foster, E.C., Godbole, S.V. (2014). The System Catalog. In: Database Systems. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0877-9_14
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