Object-oriented database systems have, until now, been seen in two lights, the first focusing on better support for new application areas including CAD/CAM, office automation and knowledge engineering, and the second on overcoming the "impendance mismatch" between data models and programming languages. This book is an overview of developments in this area of current database research. Data model and language aspects, interface and database design issues and architectural and implementation questions are covered. Based on a series of workshops, the contents of this book have been edited to reflect the current state of international research in object-oriented database design and implementation.

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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.

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