Interest in a standard began to grow, and Charles Bachman, author of one such product, the Integrated Data Store ( IDS ), founded the " Database Task Group " within CODASYL, the group responsible for the creation and standardization of COBOL . In 1971, the Database Task Group delivered their standard, which generally became known as the " CODASYL approach ", and soon a number of commercial products based on this approach entered the market.
32.
ACMS was developed by Digital Equipment Corporation in the early 1980s as part of an effort to gain market share in commercial applications . ( Digital's initial strength was in scientific computing . ) ACMS was originally released in 1984 as part of the integrated VAX Information Architecture product set along with Rdb ( relational database system ), DBMS ( CODASYL database system ), TDMS ( original forms system ), DECforms ( a newer forms system ), CDD ( Common Data Dictionary ), and Datatrieve ( query and report writer for record-oriented files and databases ).
