A relative analysis of modern temporal data models

Time oriented data is better managed through the temporal data models than by implementing them in user applications. There is an improved temporal support available in the modern commercial databases that enable the users to manipulate the temporal data easily. In this paper, we introduced some vital temporal concepts to have a better understanding of the modern temporal data models. After that, we examine few modern temporal data models with built-in temporal logic along with others that are implemented on top of some conventional databases. Finally, a comparison sheet is presented to have the operational dimensions of each model.