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Metaclasses and Their Application: Data Model Tailoring and Database Integration (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) [Paperback]

Wolfgang Klas (Editor), Michael Schrefl (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 3540600639 | ISBN-13: 978-3540600633 | Publication Date: August 25, 1995 | Edition: 1

Conventional object-oriented data models are closed: although they allow users to define application-specific classes, they usually come with a fixed set of modelling primitives. This constitutes a major problem, as different application domains, e.g. database integration or multimedia, need special support. Using an extended metaclass concept, this book provides for the solution of this problem a simple but extendible open object-oriented data model, a so-called RISC model. By introducing the basic concepts of the open object-oriented database management system VODAK, it demonstrates how the extended metaclass concept can be integrated homogeneously into object-oriented data models.

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Paperback: 210 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (August 25, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540600639
ISBN-13: 978-3540600633
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Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing (Research Monographs in Parallel and Distributed Computing) by David Gelernter in Back Matter
Object Orientation: Concepts, Languages, Databases, User Interface by Setrag Khoshafian in Back Matter
Simula Begin by G.M. Birtwistle in Back Matter
Algebraic Methodology and Software Technology: 8th International Conference, AMAST 2000 Iowa City, Iowa, USA, May 20-27, 2000 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) by Teodor Rus in Back Matter
Database Transaction Models for Advanced Applications (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) by Ahmed K. Elmagarmid in Back Matter

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