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An Overview of PDM: An Object-Oriented Data Model

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On Object-Oriented Database Systems

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This paper describes the development of the data model of PROBE, a knowledge-oriented DBMS being developed at CCA. The data model, called PDM, is an extension of the Daplex functional data model that illustrates an integration of functional, relational, and object-oriented approaches. The extensions are primarily those required to handle the requirements of new database applications, such as engineering applications and cartography, having spatial or temporal semantics.

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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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Manola, F., Dayal, U. (1991). An Overview of PDM: An Object-Oriented Data Model. 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_2

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