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Object-Oriented Specification of Databases: An Algebraic Approach.

Amílcar Sernadas, Cristina Sernadas, Hans-Dieter Ehrich: Object-Oriented Specification of Databases: An Algebraic Approach. VLDB 1987: 107-116
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  author    = {Am\'{\i}lcar Sernadas and
               Cristina Sernadas and
               Hans-Dieter Ehrich},
  editor    = {Peter M. Stocker and
               William Kent and
               Peter Hammersley},
  title     = {Object-Oriented Specification of Databases: An Algebraic Approach},
  booktitle = {VLDB'87, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Very
               Large Data Bases, September 1-4, 1987, Brighton, England},
  publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann},
  year      = {1987},
  isbn      = {0-934613-46-X},
  pages     = {107-116},
  ee        = {db/conf/vldb/SernadasSE87.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/vldb/87},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}
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Abstract

The importance of abstract object types (AOTs) in the field of conceptual modeling and database design is discussed. A formal approach to the specification of societies of interacting objects is proposed. The structure and behavior of each object is defined using a primitive language that also provides the means for specifying the interactions between objects through event sharing. The algebraic semantics of this language is outlined. As a by-product, the Kripke interpretation structure for the envisaged logic of object behavior is established. The specifications are organized in two layers: (a) the universe of objects, their attributes and data; (b) the space of the global trajectories and traces of the society of objects. Constraints of several kinds can be imposed at both layers. The main issue in the construction of the universe is the naming of all possible objects. With respect to (b), the emphasis is on the definition of the joint behavior of the objects in terms of the allowed sequences of events that may happen in their lives.

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Peter M. Stocker, William Kent, Peter Hammersley (Eds.): VLDB'87, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, September 1-4, 1987, Brighton, England. Morgan Kaufmann 1987, ISBN 0-934613-46-X
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