Forgot the link to the course! You can sign up at: http://www.db-class.org
> -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Allen [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 4:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Stanford Class - Introduction to Databases > > All, > > I thought people might be interested in an online class Stanford is > offering > called "Introduction to Databases". It is taught by Jennifer Widom, > who is > one of the coauthors of one of the best database books I've read [1]. > > Because SPARQL is based on relational algebra, I found the book to be > extremely valuable in understanding how a SPARQL query engine works > (especially query optimization). A lot of the other topics are also > very > relevant to work on Jena: physical data storage, costs for different > join > algorithms, and transactions. > > I am signed up for the course (which starts next Monday). If people > were > interested, I thought we could discuss some of the topics during the > semester on or off this list. > > -Stephen > > [1] http://www.amazon.com/Database-Systems-Complete-Book- > 2nd/dp/0131873253/ > >
