Desktop Objects : Directly Manipulating Data and Meta Data

In this paper, we discuss the potential for the application of the popular and well-known desktop metaphor to object-oriented databases (OODBs). We describe an initial prototype, the Oggetto Desktop, which supports browsing of both the type and structural lattices of an OODB and direct manipulation for accomplishing schema evolution.

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Armstrong Kadyamatimba

John A. Mariani

Peter Sawyer

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Publication date: July 1996

Publication date (Print): July 1996

Pages: 1-12

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[0001]Computing Department

Lancaster University

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/IDS1996.13

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Interfaces to Databases, Napier University, Edinburgh

Conference acronym: IDS-3

Conference number: 3

Conference location: Edinburgh

Conference date: 8-10 July 1996

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Interfaces to Databases

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Desktop Objects : Directly Manipulating Data and Meta Data

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