Title :
ViewSystem: integrating heterogeneous information bases by object-oriented views
Author :
Kaul, M. ; Drosten, K. ; Neuhold, E.J.
Author_Institution :
GMD-Integrated Publication & Inf. Syst. Inst., Darmstadt, West Germany
Abstract :
In order to overcome practical integration problems, ViewSystem, an object-oriented programming environment with dedicated integration operators by which syntactically and semantically heterogeneous information can be integrated incrementally, has been developed. ViewSystem provides an object-oriented query language and a method language with universal computational power and a distinguished set of class constructors for deriving classes from underlying classes. To process queries against derived classes, a hybrid approach combining the techniques of query decomposition and materialization is proposed
Keywords :
object-oriented databases; object-oriented programming; programming environments; ViewSystem; class constructors; dedicated integration operators; heterogeneous information bases; materialization; method language; object-oriented programming environment; object-oriented query language; query decomposition; Books; Data models; Distributed databases; Human computer interaction; Information management; Knowledge acquisition; Management information systems; Natural languages; Object oriented databases; Object oriented modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Data Engineering, 1990. Proceedings. Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2025-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICDE.1990.113446
