[comp.databases] clos for an oodbms

ksmith@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Ken Smith) (03/21/91)

Do any of the current crop of object-oriented DBMS's have a CLOS interface?
A group I know of is seeking to integrate a set of hetrogenous design
environments (tools and workstations), all working on the same design task.
They are planning to integrate their work via a shared blackboard they hope
to implement in an OODBMS.  Other than the design, all they have in common
is the CLOS language.  Any ideas?  Please respond via email:

Thanks,
        -Ken Smith     ksmith@cs.uiuc.edu

attila@breeze.bellcore.com (04/02/91)

In article <1991Mar21.010146.27063@m.cs.uiuc.edu> ksmith@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Ken Smith) writes:
> 
> Do any of the current crop of object-oriented DBMS's have a CLOS interface?
> A group I know of is seeking to integrate a set of hetrogenous design
> environments (tools and workstations), all working on the same design task.
> They are planning to integrate their work via a shared blackboard they hope
> to implement in an OODBMS.  Other than the design, all they have in common
> is the CLOS language.  Any ideas?  Please respond via email:
> 
> Thanks,
>         -Ken Smith     ksmith@cs.uiuc.edu


Since noone replied to this one, here is a brief pointer.

There are at least 3 Lisp compatible oodbms on the market, some also
CLOS compatible.  
   
   Symbolics, Inc.		: Statice (Flavors, CLOS, Common Lisp)
   Eight New England Executive Park, East
   Burlington, MA 01803
   617/221-1000
   Telex: 948686
   FAX: 617/221-1099
   
   Itasca, Inc.			: Itasca (Common Lisp, C)
   2850 Metro Drive, Suite 300
   Minneapolis, Minnesota 55425
   612/851-3157
   FAX 612/851-3157
   Attn: Sandy Miezwa
   
   Object Databases Inc.		: G-Base (Flavors, Common Lisp)
   238 Broadway			[This is really Graphael from France]
   Cambridge, MA 02139
   617/354-4220

Symbolics also sells Joshua, an expert system shell that couples with
Statice.  The Statice-Joshua system probably does what you want
--without having to build anything.

Leslie A. Walko
Database Research Group, 
Bellcore
attila@bellcore.com