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On Object-Oriented Database Systems

Part of the book series: Topics in Information Systems (TINF)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. Data Model Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. An Overview of PDM: An Object-Oriented Data Model

      • Frank Manola, Umeshwar Dayal
      Pages 13-27
    3. Views, Objects, and Databases

      • Gio Wiederhold
      Pages 29-43
    4. Inheritance Issues in Computer-Aided Design Databases

      • Randy H. Katz, Ellis E-Li Chang
      Pages 45-52
    5. Object Management in Postgres using Procedures

      • Michael Stonebraker
      Pages 53-64
  4. Language Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
    2. Object-Oriented GALILEO

      • A. Albano, G. Ghelli, M. E. Occhiuto, R. Orsini
      Pages 87-103
    3. An Object-Oriented Database for Trellis

      • Patrick O’Brien, Bruce Bullis, Craig Schaffert
      Pages 105-119
    4. Godal: An Object-Centered Database Language

      • Martin L. Kersten, Frans H. Schippers
      Pages 121-133
  5. Interfaces

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
    2. PROTEUS: The DBMS User Interface as an Object

      • T. Lougenia Anderson, Earl F. Ecklund Jr., David Maier
      Pages 137-156
    3. An Object-Oriented Interface to a Relational Database

      • T. Learmont, R. G. G. Cattell
      Pages 157-167
  6. Application Support

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
    2. A Shared Object Hierarchy

      • Lawrence A. Rowe
      Pages 171-188

About this book

Object-oriented database systems have been approached with mainly two major intentions in mind, namely to better support new application areas including CAD/CAM, office automation, knowledge engineering, and to overcome the `impendance mismatch' between data models and programming languages. This volume gives a comprehensive overwiew of developments in this flourishing area of current database research. Data model and language aspects, interface and database design issues, architectural and implementation questions are covered. Although based on a series of workshops, the contents of this book has been carefully edited to reflect the current state of international research in object oriented database design and implementation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Informatik, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Germany

    Klaus R. Dittrich

  • Cambridge Research Laboratory, Digital Equipment Corporation, Cambridge, USA

    Umeshwar Dayal

  • GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham, USA

    Alejandro P. Buchmann

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