Object-oriented databases: design and implementation

Author

Joseph, John V. ; Thatte, Satish M. ; Thompson, Craig W. ; Wells, David L.

Author_Institution

Texas Instrum. Inc., Dallas, TX, USA

Volume

79

Issue

1

fYear

1991

fDate

1/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

64

Abstract

Object-oriented database systems (OODBS), which aim at meeting the data modeling, performance, cooperative design, and version management requirements of next-generation applications, such as CAD, CAM, CASE, hypermedia, and expert systems, are discussed. Key features of OODBS are presented, a taxonomy of approaches is provided, and architectural and implementation issues, design alternatives, and tradeoffs are examined. A variety of OODB systems, both research prototypes and commercial systems, are summarized. Industry efforts to accelerate a consensus that can lead to standards in the OODB are discussed

Keywords

object-oriented databases; reviews; standards; CAD; CAM; CASE; commercial systems; data modeling; expert systems; hypermedia; next-generation applications; research prototypes; standards; version management; CADCAM; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer aided software engineering; Database systems; Design automation; Expert systems; Object oriented databases; Object oriented modeling; Spatial databases; Taxonomy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.64382

Filename

64382