Standard Metamodel for Object Databases: Roles and Issues
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In this paper we investigate the required features of a standard object database metamodel. We present a role of a metamodel in an object-oriented database management system and compare it with the proposal defined in the ODMG standard. After outlining the metamodel definition included in the standard we briefly identify its main drawbacks. We suggest several changes to the ODMG metamodel definition, which we consider necessary to make this part of the standard easier to understand, practically implementable and fully functional.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001