q1q20@turing.newcastle.ac.uk (A.C.G. Saunders) (06/29/89)
[This is from a friend who doesn't have access to news. I don't read this group regularly so please respond by direct mail. If anyone's interested, I'll summarise to the group. ] I am looking at the application of the object oriented paradigm to data exchange standards within the chemical and process engineering industries. One aspect of this work requires the implementation of a data model upon ,preferably, an object oriented database. Questions.. are there any existing freebee oodb's around or else is there anyone out there is has already written such a beast in say either C++ or Smaltalk. Also any standard references pertaining to state of the art and development of oodb's and lastly any hints/comments/insults. Thanks, Brian.
srm@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr.S.R.Monk) (01/09/91)
The Department is looking into buying an OODB to use in a number of projects. We have so far only looked at Ontos. It would be nice to see some of the other systems that are arround, but we have had difficulty in tracking down vendors. We have heard that Orion is being marketted by a subsidiary of CDC. Does anyone have the address of these people, or contacts for any other OODB systems. If they do they would be gratefully received. In return, I am happy to furnish any one who contacts me with my personal and probably ill informed impressions of Ontos, under the strict understanding that I have not had much to compare it with. Simon Monk
mamou@bdblues.altair.fr (Jean Claude Mamou) (01/10/91)
In article <1149@dcl-vitus.comp.lancs.ac.uk>, srm@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr.S.R.Monk) writes: |> The Department is looking into buying an OODB to use in a number of projects. |> We have so far only looked at Ontos. It would be nice to see some of the |> other systems that are arround, but we have had difficulty in tracking down |> vendors. We have heard that Orion is being marketted by a subsidiary of CDC. |> Does anyone have the address of these people, or contacts for any other |> OODB systems. If they do they would be gratefully received. |> |> In return, I am happy to furnish any one who contacts me with my personal |> and probably ill informed impressions of Ontos, under the strict understanding |> that I have not had much to compare it with. |> |> Simon Monk (Sorry for the previous message) O2, an Object Oriented database System is currently being solded by Altair. O2 consists of the following features: o A full multi-user database management system, including transaction management, concurrency control, fault recovery and a query language. o An object-oriented system, with the ability to define object classes with simple or multiple inheritance, late binding of method names, complex objects, multimedia objects, and object persistence (handled in a manner transparent to the programmer). o Support for the ANSI-standard C programming language with extensions to handle the O2 data types. o A graphic user interface called O2Look, based on the Motif standard, to provide a friendly and productive environment for both the end user and the programmer. o A complete programming environment named O2Tools, including a database and schema browser/editor, an application manager, an object-oriented debugger, journaling facilities, and a graphic interface to the query language. There is also a toolkit of predefined classes and objects which the programmer may use (or redefine) to facilitate and standardize data capture tasks. o A capability to use O2 from programming languages. The first target languages are C and C++, after these we think of Fortran and ADA. o It works on Sun3, Sun4 and HP 9000. For further information, please contact Sophie Gamerman, Applications and Support Manager, in any of the following ways: By mail: By phone: Altair +33 (1) 39 63 54 17 Domaine de Voluceau, B P 105 78153 Le Chenay Cedex By fax: France +33 (1) 39 63 58 90 By E-Mail: sophie@bdblues.altair.fr
ballou@databs.enet.dec.com (01/16/91)
In article <1149@dcl-vitus.comp.lancs.ac.uk>, srm@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr.S.R.Monk) writes: |> The Department is looking into buying an OODB to use in a number of projects. |> We have so far only looked at Ontos. It would be nice to see some of the |> other systems that are arround, but we have had difficulty in tracking down |> vendors. We have heard that Orion is being marketted by a subsidiary of CDC. |> Does anyone have the address of these people, or contacts for any other |> OODB systems. If they do they would be gratefully received. |> |> In return, I am happy to furnish any one who contacts me with my personal |> and probably ill informed impressions of Ontos, under the strict understanding |> that I have not had much to compare it with. |> |> Simon Monk Another vendor: Objectivity, Inc. 800 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 (415) 688-8000 Nat
heinz@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Alois Heinz) (01/18/91)
ballou@databs.enet.dec.com writes: >In article <1149@dcl-vitus.comp.lancs.ac.uk>, srm@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr.S.R.Monk) >writes: >|> The Department is looking into buying an OODB to use in a number of >projects. >|> We have so far only looked at Ontos. It would be nice to see some of the >|> other systems that are arround, but we have had difficulty in tracking down >|> vendors. We have heard that Orion is being marketted by a subsidiary of CDC. >|> Does anyone have the address of these people, or contacts for any other >|> OODB systems. If they do they would be gratefully received. >|> >|> In return, I am happy to furnish any one who contacts me with my personal >|> and probably ill informed impressions of Ontos, under the strict >understanding >|> that I have not had much to compare it with. >|> >|> Simon Monk >Another vendor: Objectivity, Inc. > 800 El Camino Real > Menlo Park, CA 94025 > (415) 688-8000 >Nat You may also try to get the O2 object oriented database system from Altair. The address: Sophie Gamerman GIP Altair Domaine de Voluceau BP 105 Rocquencourt 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex FRANCE
skow@cs.utwente.nl (Jacek Skowronek) (05/22/91)
I would like to know if there is a group concerning object-oriented databases like ONTOS. Anobody can give me a hint ? I am now looking into that subject and I'd like to know if there is a place on Internet to discuss the topic. Thanks in advance, Jacek
sakkinen@jyu.fi (Markku Sakkinen) (05/28/91)
In article <1991May22.120845@cs.utwente.nl> skow@cs.utwente.nl (Jacek Skowronek) writes: > >I would like to know if there is a group concerning object-oriented databases like ONTOS. Anobody can give me a hint ? I am now looking into that subject and I'd like to know if there is a place on Internet to discuss the topic. In principle, I suppose 'comp.databases' _is_ the most appropriate group. However, there seems to be so much traffic here that it is very inconvenient to follow -- the group should be divided into several subgroups. Until such time I would recommend you to use 'comp.object', which is concerned with all facets of object orientation. We could need some more database-related discussion over there. Markku Sakkinen Department of Computer Science and Information Systems University of Jyvaskyla (a's with umlauts) PL 35 SF-40351 Jyvaskyla (umlauts again) Finland SAKKINEN@FINJYU.bitnet (alternative network address)