Helix (database)

Article summary

Helix is a database management system for the Apple Macintosh platform, created in 1983. Helix uses a graphical "programming language" to add logic to its applications, allowing non-programmers to construct sophisticated applications. Helix was the first multiuser database on any PC platform, the first object-based, visual programming tool and the first relational database on a PC platform.

Key claims

1. release date: 1984 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2000 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the release date is "1984". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the release date is "2000". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the release date is "2005". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376716018