A survey of schema evolution in object-oriented databases

Author

Li, Xue

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Syst., Technol. & Manage., New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

362

Lastpage

371

Abstract

Changes in the real world may require both the database population and the database schema to evolve. Particularly, this is the case in CAD/CAM and CASE database systems, in which the design objects constantly evolve in every aspect. On the other hand, the prototyping of a database design may also involve changes to both the structure and behavior of a schema. Unfortunately, most of the current systems offer little support for schema evolution. In this paper, we survey the recent development of the research in the schema evolution of object-oriented databases. The main issues in the current research are identified

Keywords

CAD/CAM; object-oriented databases; software prototyping; CAD/CAM; CASE database systems; database design; database population; database schema; object-oriented databases; prototyping; schema evolution; CADCAM; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer aided software engineering; Database systems; Design automation; Management information systems; Object oriented databases; Prototypes; Technology management; Transaction databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems, 1999. TOOLS 31. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0393-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TOOLS.1999.796507

Filename

796507