A simple extension to the relational model that permits metadata (more generally metaknowledge) to be stored and manipulated as first class data is proposed. The accompanying que...
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, in...
Juliano Lopes de Oliveira, Ricardo de Oliveira Ani...
The correctness of the data managed by database systems is vital to any application that utilizes data for business, research, and decision-making purposes. To guard databases agai...
For many applications with spatial data management such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), block-oriented access over flash memory could introduce a significant number of no...
This paper describes issues encountered in the design and implementation of a parallel object-oriented database system. In particular, we find that the design of a client/server ...