Looking for a program for creating, compiling and hosting deductive databases with Datalog
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I just finished reading a book on deductive databases, which outlined the basics about Datalog and deductive databases (Deductive Databases and their Applications by M. Colomb, if anybody is interested). Now I wish to actually try using this acquired knowledge, and so here is the question. What program do you advise using for somebody looking to work with Datalog for the first time (prefferably available for free for educational purposes)? I have been looking into it and thus far haven't found any software with it's own GUI and a good guide for newbies. (Most of them such as IRIS seem to be Java plugins, and I don't know how to make it work). Have a good one.
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I just finished reading a book on deductive databases, which outlined the basics about Datalog and deductive databases (Deductive Databases and their Applications by M. Colomb, if anybody is interested). Now I wish to actually try using this acquired knowledge, and so here is the question. What program do you advise using for somebody looking to work with Datalog for the first time (prefferably available for free for educational purposes)? I have been looking into it and thus far haven't found any software with it's own GUI and a good guide for newbies. (Most of them such as IRIS seem to be Java plugins, and I don't know how to make it work). Have a good one.
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I just finished reading a book on deductive databases, which outlined the basics about Datalog and deductive databases (Deductive Databases and their Applications by M. Colomb, if anybody is interested). Now I wish to actually try using this acquired knowledge, and so here is the question. What program do you advise using for somebody looking to work with Datalog for the first time (prefferably available for free for educational purposes)? I have been looking into it and thus far haven't found any software with it's own GUI and a good guide for newbies. (Most of them such as IRIS seem to be Java plugins, and I don't know how to make it work). Have a good one.
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The book doesn't seem to suggest much of anything in terms of actual software to work with. It seems to be mostly about explaining Datalog on theoretical level (how the horn clause works within a database set-at-a-time environment and other concepts about it's inner workings) rather than outlining how to work with it on a specific platform. Truth be told, as I am searching around, it seems there are no real Datalog focused platforms, just interpreters invoked as coding language libraries (for example IRIS for Java). The thing is, I have no idea how to make IRIS and it's libraries work. :/ Guess I will have to experiment around...
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Try Datalog - Google Search[^].