Browsing and Querying in Object-Oriented Database

We present a new interface for Object-Oriented Database Management Systems (OODBMSs). The GOODIES1 system combines and expands the functions of many existing interface systems, introducing some new concepts for improved browsing in an OODBMS. The implementation of GOODIES proposes a new approach to database interfaces development: instead of being strongly dependent of the underlying DBMS, GOODIES is based on the main features of the object-oriented data model. The system design is based on an internal model and on an external model. The internal model de nes the relationships that bind the interface to the DBMS. The external model determines the possible interaction between the user and the interface system. This paper describes the concepts of the design of GOODIES.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1993
• Where: CIKM
• Authors: Juliano Lopes de Oliveira, Ricardo de Oliveira Anido
• Keywords: CIKM 1993, External Model, Information Management, Interface System, Internal Model