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Classic Mac OS API
The Data Access Manager (DAM) was a database access API for the classic Mac OS, introduced in 1991 as an extension to System 7. Similar in concept to ODBC, DAM saw little use and was eventually dropped in the late 1990s. Only a handful of products ever used it, although it was used for some extremely impressive demoware in the early 1990s. More modern versions of the classic Mac OS, and macOS, use ODBC for this role instead. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Data Access ManagerA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Access Control in Data Management SystemsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: I-SeriesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Situation-aware data access manager using fuzzy Q-learning technique for multi-cell WCDMA systemsCited 3 times
- Go sideways: Data Access LanguageA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Open Database ConnectivityA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Situation-aware data access manager using fuzzy Q-learning technique for multi-cell WCDMA systems
A storage and access manager for ill-structured data
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
I-SeriesStephen Haag · 2001
Your OfficeAmy S. Kinser, Eric Kinser · 2012
Deployment Guide SeriesIBM Redbooks · 2005
Secure data managementWillem Jonker, Milan Petkovic · 2004- 📕Data Stewardship for Open ScienceBarend Mons · 2018
Access database design & programmingSteven Roman · 1997- 📕Critical infrastructure protectionJack L. Brock · 1999
Integrating Excel and AccessMichael Schmalz · 2005
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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