TOODM: A temporal object-oriented data model with temporal constraints
A static Entity-Relationship (ER) or static Extended ER (EER) data model is not sufficient for representing the underlying time component of the data, more complex data types as found in planning, design and office automation applications or the operation required for this complex data. The decreasing cost of mass storage devices accompanied by an increased need for real-time systems and easier access to historical and planning data has made the study of the temporal aspects of data models more interesting both theoretically and practically. Furthermore, the ER-based data models can capture relationships between classes but they do not understand the object-oriented paradigm since they treat application-specific relationships and paradigm-specific relationships such as inheritance in the same manner. This shortcoming accompanied by a lack of support for the time dimension results in the specification of temporal relationships and constraints at the application level and often leads to inconsistencies in the data. In this paper, we extend the object-based ER model into a temporal, object-oriented model, incorporate temporal structures and constraints in the data model and propose a temporal, object-oriented query language for the model.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 10113805
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-30678; CONF-9110316-1; ON: DE92005281
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 10. international conference on the entity relationship approach,San Mateo, CA (United States),23-25 Oct 1991; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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