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Dynamic Relationships in Object Oriented Databases: A Uniform Approach

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Publication date1999
Host publicationDatabase and Expert Systems Applications 10th International Conference, DEXA’99 Florence, Italy, August 30 – September 3, 1999 Proceedings
EditorsTrevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Giovanni Soda, A. Min Tjoa
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSpringer
Pages26-35
Number of pages10
ISBN (print)978-3-540-66448-2
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume1677
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (electronic)1611-3349

Abstract

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.