Distributed objects and object databases

  • Authors:
  • T. Jebb

  • Affiliations:
  • BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, England IP 5 3RE

  • Venue:
  • BT Technology Journal
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

Due to the on-going shift from centralised to decentralised computing and a general trend towards the globalisation of commercial, economic and social activities, the information systems community has been faced with strong demands to develop distributed information systems (DISs) that span wide geographical areas. Three technologies have had significant impact on the new generation of DISs — distributed object technology, object database technology and Web technology. The paper examines two of these — DOT and ODBT. Each has advantages over the other, but more importantly they complement each other, and ways of using them together are explored.