The Iris architecture and implementation

Author

Wilkinson, Kevin ; LyngbÆk, Peter ; Hasan, Waqar

Author_Institution

Hewlett-Packard Lab., Palo Alto, CA, USA

Volume

2

Issue

1

fYear

1990

fDate

3/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

75

Abstract

The goals of the Iris database management system are to enhance database programmer productivity and to provide generalized database support for the integration of future applications. Iris is based on an object and function model. Iris objects are typed but unlike other object systems, they contain no state. Attribute values, relationships and behavior of objects are modeled by functions. The Iris architecture efficiently supports the evaluation of functional expressions. The goal of the architecture is to provide a database system that is powerful enough to support the definition of functions and procedures that implement the semantics of the data model. An overview of the data model is provided, the architecture is described in detail, and implementation experience and usage of the system are discussed

Keywords

data structures; database management systems; functional programming; object-oriented programming; Iris architecture; Iris database management system; attribute values; database programmer productivity; function model; functional expressions; future applications; generalized database support; object systems; semantics; Data models; Database systems; Iris; Kernel; Laboratories; Object oriented databases; Object oriented modeling; Productivity; Programming profession; Query processing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-4347

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/69.50906

Filename

50906