TY - GEN

T1 - Evaluation for Evolution: How Well Commercial Systems Do

AU - Rashid, Awais

AU - Sawyer, Peter

PY - 1999

Y1 - 1999

N2 - Like any other database application object database applications are subject toevolution. Evolution is, however, critical in object databases because it is the verycharacteristic of complex applications such as CAD, etc. for which they provide inherent support. This paper discusses the evolution facilities offered by some of the existing systems. We first provide an overview of the ODMG 2.0 standard from an evolution viewpoint. We then describe our extension to the database evolution features specified by the ODMG 2.0 standard. Using this extension as a basis we form evaluation criteria, which we employ to assess the various evolution facilities offered by four commercially available object database management systems: POET, Versant, O2 and Jasmine.

AB - Like any other database application object database applications are subject toevolution. Evolution is, however, critical in object databases because it is the verycharacteristic of complex applications such as CAD, etc. for which they provide inherent support. This paper discusses the evolution facilities offered by some of the existing systems. We first provide an overview of the ODMG 2.0 standard from an evolution viewpoint. We then describe our extension to the database evolution features specified by the ODMG 2.0 standard. Using this extension as a basis we form evaluation criteria, which we employ to assess the various evolution facilities offered by four commercially available object database management systems: POET, Versant, O2 and Jasmine.

M3 - Conference contribution/Paper

SN - 3-540-66954-X

SP - 13

EP - 24

BT - Proceedings of the Workshop on Object-Oriented Technology

PB - Springer

CY - London

ER -