Over its 40-year history, database research has made major contributions to developing core database management systems technology, which now lies at the heart of every conventional application. Whereas the database field should contribute to the full scope of data management-its applicabiity, its challenges, and its future directions-this has not happened. The database field now faces to challenges. First, fundamental data management assumptions to not apply to the data requirements of the next generation of applications. Long-standing data application challenges, such as semantic interoperability, inhibit data-centric solutions, thus leading to solutions in other domains.
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