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@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
high level of fault tolerance that is required in many nonstop
systems, combined with requirements on the DBMS to run in the same
address space as the application, have led us to implement a new
- DBMS, called <c>Mnesia</c>.</p>
- <p><c>Mnesia</c> is implemented in, and tightly connected to Erlang.
+ DBMS, called Mnesia.</p>
+ <p>Mnesia is implemented in, and tightly connected to Erlang.
It provides the functionality that is necessary for the
implementation of fault tolerant telecommunications systems.</p>
- <p><c>Mnesia</c> is a multiuser distributed DBMS specially made for
+ <p>Mnesia is a multiuser distributed DBMS specially made for
industrial telecommunications applications written in Erlang,
which is also the intended target language.
- <c>Mnesia</c> tries to address all the data
+ Mnesia tries to address all the data
management issues required for typical telecommunications systems.
It has a number of features that are not normally found in traditional
databases.</p>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
from the features provided by traditional DBMSs. The applications now
implemented in Erlang need a mixture of a broad range
of features, which generally are not satisfied by traditional DBMSs.
- <c>Mnesia</c> is designed with requirements like the following in
+ Mnesia is designed with requirements like the following in
mind:</p>
<list type="ordered">
<item>Fast real-time key/value lookup
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@
<item>Complex objects
</item>
</list>
- <p><c>Mnesia</c> is designed with the typical data management problems
- of telecommunications applications in mind. This sets <c>Mnesia</c>
- apart from most other DBMS. Hence <c>Mnesia</c>
+ <p>Mnesia is designed with the typical data management problems
+ of telecommunications applications in mind. This sets Mnesia
+ apart from most other DBMS. Hence Mnesia
combines many concepts found in traditional databases such as
transactions and queries with concepts found in data management
systems for telecommunications applications, for example:</p>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
suspending it.
</item>
</list>
- <p><c>Mnesia</c> is also interesting because of its tight coupling to
+ <p>Mnesia is also interesting because of its tight coupling to
Erlang, thus almost turning Erlang into a database programming
language. This has many benefits, the foremost is that
the impedance mismatch between the data format used by the DBMS
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
<title>Mnesia Database Management System (DBMS)</title>
<section>
<title>Features</title>
- <p><c>Mnesia</c> contains the following features that combine to
+ <p>Mnesia contains the following features that combine to
produce a fault-tolerant, distributed DBMS written in Erlang:
</p>
<list type="bulleted">
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
functions can be called within one transaction.
</item>
<item>Several transactions can run concurrently, and their execution
- is fully synchronized by the DBMS. <c>Mnesia</c> ensures that no
+ is fully synchronized by the DBMS. Mnesia ensures that no
two processes manipulate data simultaneously.
</item>
<item>Transactions can be assigned the property of being executed on
@@ -132,29 +132,29 @@
<section>
<title>Add-On Application</title>
- <p>Query List Comprehension (QLC) can be used with <c>Mnesia</c>
+ <p>Query List Comprehension (QLC) can be used with Mnesia
to produce specialized functions that enhance the operational
- ability of <c>Mnesia</c>. QLC has its own documentation as part
+ ability of Mnesia. QLC has its own documentation as part
of the OTP documentation set. The main features of QLC
- when used with <c>Mnesia</c> are as follows:</p>
+ when used with Mnesia are as follows:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
- <item>QLC can optimize the query compiler for the <c>Mnesia</c>
+ <item>QLC can optimize the query compiler for the Mnesia
DBMS, essentially making the DBMS more efficient.
</item>
<item>QLC can be used as a database programming
- language for <c>Mnesia</c>. It includes a notation called "list
+ language for Mnesia. It includes a notation called "list
comprehensions" and can be used to make complex database
queries over a set of tables.
</item>
</list>
<p>For information about QLC, see the
<seealso marker="stdlib:qlc">qlc</seealso> manual page
- in <c>STDLIB</c>.</p>
+ in STDLIB.</p>
</section>
<section>
<title>When to Use Mnesia</title>
- <p>Use <c>Mnesia</c> with the following types of applications:</p>
+ <p>Use Mnesia with the following types of applications:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>Applications that need to replicate data.
</item>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
<item>Applications that use soft real-time characteristics.
</item>
</list>
- <p><c>Mnesia</c> is not as appropriate with the
+ <p>Mnesia is not as appropriate with the
following types of applications:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>Programs that process plain text or binary data files.
@@ -176,14 +176,14 @@
library module <c>dets</c>, which is a disc-based version
of the module <c>ets</c>. For information about <c>dets</c>,
see the <seealso marker="stdlib:dets">dets</seealso>
- manual page in <c>STDLIB</c>.
+ manual page in STDLIB.
</item>
<item>Applications that need disc logging facilities.
Those applications can
use the module <c>disk_log</c> by preference. For
information about <c>disk_log</c>, see the
<seealso marker="kernel:disk_log">disk_log</seealso>
- manual page in <c>Kernel</c>.
+ manual page in Kernel.
</item>
<item>Hard real-time systems.
</item>