Dynamic relationships and their propagation and concurrency semantics in object-oriented databases

Amir Sapir, Ehud Gudes

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Abstract

Object-oriented databases has rich semantics, which enables the definition of various relationships among objects. Sharing levels and composition types necessitate the definition of whether, and to which extent, should a composed object propagate a message it receives, to its composing objects (propagation rules). Current solutions refer to a system with stable connections, so propagation values can be set at the design stage. Turning a compound object into a distributed collection of simpler ones, some of which are shared, necessitates defining exact protocols for transaction processing and concurrency control. The information system described contains complex relations, which vary on a daily basis. The paper examines the various update operations from relations creation point of view, and suggests an approach for defining these new relations and updating the propagation values dynamically. Thus, reflecting the changing nature of relations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNext Generation Information Technologies and Systems - 4th International Workshop, NGITS 1999, Proceedings
EditorsRon Y. Pinter, Shalom Tsur
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages94-111
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)3540662251, 9783540662259
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 1999
Event4th International Workshop on Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems, NGITS 1999 - Zikhron-Yaakov, Israel
Duration: 5 Jul 19997 Jul 1999

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume1649
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference4th International Workshop on Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems, NGITS 1999
Country/TerritoryIsrael
CityZikhron-Yaakov
Period5/07/997/07/99

Keywords

  • Composite object
  • Dynamic relation creation
  • Message object
  • Propagation rules

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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