Technological Perspective

Traditional structured or relational databases require pre-defined structures to determine relationships between data.  These databases cannot define relationships outside of their pre-defined structures without significant expertise and time investment.  In effect, these highly structured databases force Users to understand the structure of the data ahead of time, set up the table structures, and “shoe-horn” data into the predefined structure - and hope, as additional data are added, that the structure does not have to change. 

The unstructured database at its core is truly unstructured or free-form, in that data is 1) not placed in an open record in a structured database, and 2) can be related without having to structure it.  nextPression’s unstructured Database Engine finds relationships in this free-form data/information with little effort.  Better yet, the engine can relate unstructured and structured data. It provides a fluid, flexible, and fast way to organize and reference information based on this organization within a source and across sources and change the relations as the User 1) learns more about the data and/or 2) needs change.

The unstructured database combines the flexibility of a free-form database with relational capabilities, plus the ability to create applications using the database that can be distributed with a run-time version of the Database Engine. These features are in addition to its ability to navigate via hypertext and its inherent number crunching capabilities.  With these features, and the ability to run virtually across multiple physical databases, the Database Engine provides an unstructured/free-form information management environment that breaks down the traditional barriers of relational databases.