A Formal Coding Structure for Database Record Processing

Although “coding”, whether for document retrieval, information transmission, error detection, etc., has generally provided a number of valid practical techniques for satisfying user functional requirements, it has not so far been developed into a complete and coherent methodology which integrates these techniques into an overall and objective cycle. The aim of this paper is to analyse and present formally all the components of an integrated automatic coding system with the employment of axiomatic set‐theoretic principles.