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Design Issues for Object-Oriented Database Systems

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A distinction is made between extensible database systems, object-oriented database systems and database system generators. For applications such as computer-aided design and software engineering environments, with complex data, we argue that extensible databases based on the relational model are inadequate for modeling complex aggregation hierarchies, and cannot model generalization hierarchies properly. We also comment on the types of programming activities which are required to support these application areas.

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  1. Institut für Informatik, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstraße 190, CH-8057, Zürich, Germany

    Klaus R. Dittrich

  2. Cambridge Research Laboratory, Digital Equipment Corporation, One Kendall Square, Building 700, 02139, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Umeshwar Dayal

  3. GTE Laboratories Incorporated, 40 Sylvan Road, 0234, Waltham, MA, USA

    Alejandro P. Buchmann

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Osborn, S.L. (1991). Design Issues for Object-Oriented Database Systems. In: Dittrich, K.R., Dayal, U., Buchmann, A.P. (eds) On Object-Oriented Database Systems. Topics in Information Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84374-7_19

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