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Dynamic Relationships in Object Oriented Databases: A Uniform Approach

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Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 1999)

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In this paper we present a uniform approach to dynamic relationships in object oriented databases. We present our relationship categorisation based on dividing the object database into three virtual spaces each hosting entities of a particular type and show how relationships from the modelling domain map onto relationships in our categorisation. We present a relationship model and the semantics of relationships. The relationship model is complemented with a metamodel for implementing dynamic relationships in an object oriented database. The applicability of the dynamic relationships approach is explored by employing it to implement the database model for a system in order to achieve dynamic schema modification capabilities.

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  1. Computing Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK

    Awais Rashid & Peter Sawyer

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, L49 3BX, UK

    Trevor J.M. Bench-Capon

  2. Department of Systems and Computers, University of Florence, Via S. Marta, 3, I-50139, Florence, Italy

    Giovanni Soda

  3. IFS, Technical University of Vienna, Resselgasse 3, A-1040, Vienna, Austria

    A Min Tjoa

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Rashid, A., Sawyer, P. (1999). Dynamic Relationships in Object Oriented Databases: A Uniform Approach. In: Bench-Capon, T.J., Soda, G., Tjoa, A.M. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1677. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48309-8_3

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