First uniform treatment of moving objects databases, the technology that supports GPS and RFID data analysis.

Introduction to Object-Oriented Databases provides the first unified and coherent presentation of the essential concepts and techniques of object-oriented databases. It consolidates the results of research and development in the semantics and implementation of a full spectrum of database facilities for object-oriented systems, including data model, query, authorization, schema evolution, storage structures, query optimization, transaction management, versions, composite objects, and integration of a programming language and a database system.The book draws on the author's Orion project at MCC, currently the most advanced object-oriented database system, and places this work in a larger context by using relational database systems and other object-oriented systems for comparison.Won Kim is Director of the Object-Oriented and Distributed Systems Laboratory at Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) in Austin, Texas.Contents: Introduction. Data Model. Basic Interface. Relationships with Non-Object-Oriented Databases. Schema Modification. Model of Queries. Query Language. Authorization. Storage Structures. Query Processing. Transaction Management. Semantic Extensions. Integrating Object-Oriented Programming and Databases. Architecture. Survey of Object-Oriented Database Systems. Directions for Future Research and Development.

Written by ODGM's C++ representative, this pragmatic guidebook is the first comprehensive introduction to programming object-oriented databases with OQL. It offers comparisons with SQL, with which readers are already familiar, as a bridge to understanding OQL and as a means of contrasting object-oriented versus relational database development.

Take a tour with leading researchers and developers for a practical look at object databases. Whether you currently work with or are thinking of moving to object databases, Chaudhri and Zicari provide a collection of real-world case studies and examples that demonstrate how some of the world's leading companies and research institutions are leveraging Java, XML, and Object Relational Systems to build robust databases. Starting with a comprehensive introduction to object and object-relational databases, the book then offers detailed discussions on some of the latest topics in the field such as JDBC and SQLJ support in relational databases and database modeling using UML. You'll also learn about object-to-relational mapping tools, architectural issues that influence performance, and the issues of complexity and scale.How popular tools from Computer Associates, eXcelon, GemStone, Objectivity, Oracle, Versant, and Poet were used in the case studies is also discussed.The companion Web site atwww.wiley.com/compbooks/chaudhri includes links to object-oriented database software applications and additional resources. Visit our Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/Visit the companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/chaudhri

This book will help you make sense of the conflicting theories and vendor claims about object-oriented database systems."--BOOK JACKET.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Object Databases, ICOODB 2010, held in Frankfurt/Main, Germany in September 2010. The 10 revised full papers presented together with 4 keynote papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. These papers address a wide range of issues related to object databases, including topics such as linkage to service platforms; operation within scalable (cloud) platforms; object-relational bindings; NoSQL databases; and new approaches to concurrency control.

A major revision of the standard for object database management systems (ODBMSs), this book represents an important industry consensus on component technology for database products and languages, enabling wide acceptance and adoption of object database technology. This revision adds coverage of Java bindings to the updated material on C++ and SmallTalk.