The universal relation assumption in relational databases states that one can place all data attributes into a (possibly very wide) table, which may then be decomposed into smaller tables as needed.
[1] However, the assumption that a single large table can capture real database designs is often plagued with a number of difficulties.
[2] The "nested universal relation" model has attempted to address some of the problems and offer improvements.
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