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Datalog

declarative logic programming language
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Datalog

Summary

Datalog is a declarative programming language[1]. Datalog draws 207 Wikipedia views per month (declarative_programming_language category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Datalog's instance of is recorded as declarative programming language[3].
  • Datalog's instance of is recorded as deductive language[4].
  • Datalog's based on is recorded as Prolog[5].
  • Datalog is used for query language[6].
  • Datalog is used for data integration[7].
  • Datalog is used for information extraction[8].
  • Datalog is used for program analysis[9].
  • Datalog is used for machine learning[10].
  • Datalog is used for database[11].
  • 1986 marks the founding of Datalog[12].
  • Datalog's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/datalog[13].
  • Datalog's named by is recorded as David Maier[14].
  • Datalog's programming paradigm is recorded as logic programming[15].
  • Datalog's programming paradigm is recorded as declarative programming[16].
  • Datalog's typing discipline is recorded as weak typing[17].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include declarative programming language[3] and deductive language[4].

History and Context

1986 marks the founding of Datalog[12].

Why It Matters

Datalog draws 207 Wikipedia views per month (declarative_programming_language category, ranking #1 of 7).[2] Datalog has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Datalog has been cited as an influence by .QL[19], a query language[20], founded in 2007[21].

FAQs

Who did Datalog influence?

Datalog has been cited as an influence by .QL[19].

Related Entities

database data integration DatalogZ David Maier declarative programming language deductive language frontier-guarded Datalog guarded Datalog information extraction linear Datalog machine learning Prolog .QL Yedalog

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  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) → 148230440
    Stack exchange tag → https://stackoverflow.com/tags/datalog
    Library of congress authority id → sh2013000095
    Zhihu topic id → 20002624
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  2. 4w ago · Geagea · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zhihu topic id → 20002624
    Stack exchange tag → https://stackoverflow.com/tags/datalog
    Quora topic id → Datalog
    Openalex id → C148230440
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  3. 11w ago · ~2026-39989-49 · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) → 148230440
    Freebase id → /m/03v8l9
    Library of congress authority id → sh2013000095
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