1a THE RELATIONAL MODEL OF DATA

Theoretical concepts
Relational model conformity and Integrity

1b RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION TECHNIQUES

Advanced SQL programming
Query optimisation
Concurrency control and Transaction management
Database performance tuning
Distributed relational systems and Data Replication
Security considerations

1c EMERGING DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES

Object oriented, deductive, spatial, temporal and constraint database management systems
New database applications and environments: e.g. Data Warehousing; Multimedia; Mobility; Multidatabases; Native XML databases (NXD), Internet

1d DATABASE RELATED STANDARDS

SQL standards, SQL 1999, SQL:2003
Object Data Management Group (ODMG) version 3.0 standard
Standards for interoperability and integration e.g. Web Services, SOAP
XML related specifications, e.g. XQuery, XPath.