Object Management
Published on 3. April 1992
Book
Hardback
115 pages
978-1-85742-065-4 (ISBN)
Description
The use of object orientated methods is forecast to grow rapidly, with their flexibility and facility to overcome some of the inadequacies of relational databases. This book reviews their potential in the data management context. It examines the impact of object orientated techniques on the practice of data management including data analysis, database design, database administration and DBMS operation. The main emphasis of the book is on practical experience of developing and applying 00 methods in the most popular application areas. Its four parts covering the background to object technology, the products, the applications and the implications.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 296 mm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85742-065-4 (9781857420654)
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Content
Part 1 The background to object technology: the object orientated approach and its relevance to data management, Roger Tagg; object technology - making applications interoperable in a distributed environment, Christopher Stone; making objects stick, John Daniels and Steve Cook. Part 2 Object management - the products: a survey of orientated database systems, R.W. Thearle; towards an object orientated database - a relational view, Carlos Miguens; the ONTOS object database, Tim Andrews; what should go into an OOBMS product (and why there is no simple answer!), Elizabeth Oxborrow. Part 3 Object management - the applications: a review of the suitability of various applications for an OO approach, Roger Tagg; object orientated techniques in information engineering, Keith Short; object orientated methodology and geographical information systems - a natural partnership?, Robert Barr; case study - computer-aided control system design, Jan Maciejowski and C.Y. Tan; objects in the office - the benefits for users of New Wave, Chris Marshall. Part 4 Object management - the implications: hierarchical object orientated design (HOOD) - an overview, Peter J. Robinson; object reusability - the making of data managment, malcolm Fowles; object database design, Colette Rolland and Joel Brunet.