Object-oriented database management systems (OODBMS) are expected to serve advanced application domains such as engineering design, office information systems, imaging systems, and multimedia. This book, based on a NATO Advanced Research Workshop, covers all aspects of object-oriented database systems from design principles to implementation of prototypes. Topics covered include model concepts, query optimization, query languages, functional programming formalism, storage systems, transaction models, ...
Object-oriented database management systems (OODBMS) are expected to serve advanced application domains such as engineering design, office information systems, imaging systems, and multimedia. This book, based on a NATO Advanced Research Workshop, covers all aspects of object-oriented database systems from design principles to implementation of prototypes. Topics covered include model concepts, query optimization, query languages, functional programming formalism, storage systems, transaction models, interoperability, distributed computing, rule languages, open architectures, hypermedia systems, and many others. Designers and developers will benefit from the comprehensive presentation of the various modules of such systems, while practitioners will find examples of implemented prototypes.
Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Pages: 515
Product dimensions: 6.14 (w) x 9.21 (h) x 1.08 (d)
Table of Contents
Section 1: Introduction.- What Makes Object-Oriented Database Management Systems Different.- Object-Oriented Data Models.- Database Management Features.- OODBMS Architecture.- Using an OODBMS.- Implementation Considerations.- Query Processing.- Transactions.- Distributed Databases.- Other Features.- Summary.- Section 2: Models and Formal Languages.- Object-Oriented Data Model Concepts.- The Notion of “Data Model”.- Traditional Data Models and Their Shortcomings.- The Quest for Object-Oriented Data Models.- Basic Properties of OODM.- Additional Properties of OODM.- The Relationship of OODM to Other DBMS Issues.- Current State and Open Issues.- Query Languages for Models with Object-Oriented Features.- Relational Query Languages.- The Complex Objects Model.- The Complex Object Calculus.- Algebraic and Functional Languages.- Other OODM Features.- Conclusions.- Functional Programming Formalisms for OODBMS Methods.- Method Schemas.- The Expressive Power of Method Schemas.- The Typed Lambda Calculus with Equality (TLC=).- The Expressive Power of TLC=.- Conclusions and Some Open Problems.- A Formal Object-Oriented Query Model and an Algebra.- The Data Model.- The Query Model.- Illustrating Examples.- Conclusions.- Section 3: System Implementation Issues.- Optimization of Object-Oriented Query Languages: Problems and Approaches.- Data Model and Query Languages.- Problems in Object-Oriented Query Optimization.- Optimization Techniques.- Some Object-Oriented Optimization Systems.- Summary.- Transaction Models and Transaction Management in Object-Oriented Database Management Systems.- Fundamental Transaction Concepts.- Correctness Criteria.- Transaction Models.- Transactions on ADTs.- Transaction Management in OODBMSs.- Transactions as Objects.- Concluding Remarks.- Object Storage Management Architectures.- Organizing Objects on Disk.- Client-Server Architectures.- Persistence and Programming Languages.- OODBMS Architectures.- Summary.- Active Object Systems.- Active Objects.- Rule Classes.- Events.- Conditions.- Actions.- Execution Models.- Architectural Issues.- Design Issues.- Conclusions.- Object-Oriented Rule Languages and Optimization Techniques.- Relational Rule Languages.- Object-Oriented Rule Languages.- Object-Oriented Target Algebra.- Transformations to Optimize OOA Programs.- Recursive Update Optimization.- Search Strategies to Select a Query Plan.- Conclusions.- The Promise of Distributed Computing and the Challenges of Legacy Information Systems.- World-Wide Computing.- The Challenge of Legacy Information Systems.- Killer Applications for World-Wide Computing.- Object-Orientation and Interoperability.- Dimensions of the Interoperability Problem.- Application Interconnection.- Information Compatibility.- Object-Orientation is Part of the Problem.- Conclusions.- Section 4: Systems and Prototypes.- Open OODB: Architecture and Query Processing Overview.- Computational Model for Extensibility.- Open OODB Architecture.- Extensible Object Query Model.- Status and Conclusions.- METU Object-Oriented DBMS.- MOOD Kernel Implementation.- MOODSQL.- Cost Model Parameters.- Cost Analysis of Basic File Operations.- Cost of Implicit Join Operation.- General Description of the Execution of MOODSQL Queries.- Query Optimization in MOOD.- MoodView, The Graphical User Interface.- Summary.- The Ode Object-Oriented Database Management System: An Overview.- Object-Oriented Database Management Systems.- Ode.- O++.- Storage Manager.- OdeFs.- OdeView.- cql++.- Active Database Facilities.- Flexible Transaction Facilities.- Summary.- Object-Oriented Modeling for Hypermedia Systems Using the VODAK Model Language.- The VODAK Model Language VML.- Modeling of Hypermedia Documents.- Conclusion.- Object Modeling Using Classification in CANDIDE and its Applications.- Application to Heterogeneous Database Integration.- The Storage and Retrieval of Structured Documents.- Natural Language Query Interface to CANDIDE.- Implementation of CANDIDE on Secondary Storage.- Conclusion.- References.
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