AN IMPLEMENTATION PERSPECTIVE OF APPLYING OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES

As a result of improvements in information technology, more system des igns and implementations require data-intensive applications. The most promising approach to solving these problems is the object-oriented d atabase architecture. Unfortunately, object-oriented database manageme nt systems have not matured. Lack of agreements in the data models and formal foundations have created problems in using them. However, syst ems are being designed and developed with object-oriented philosophies even though important issues still need to be resolved. This paper ex amines the important issues in designing an object-oriented database p rototype from three perspectives: object technologies, database techno logies, and application environments. Each issue is discussed separate ly and illustrated with C++/Versant.