Versioning and configuration management in an object-oriented data model

  • Authors:
  • Edward Sciore

  • Affiliations:
  • Boston College, Chestnut, Hill, MA

  • Venue:
  • The VLDB Journal — The International Journal on Very Large Data Bases
  • Year:
  • 1994

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Abstract

Many database applications require the storage and manipulation of different versions of data objects. To satisfy the diverse needs of these applications, current database systems support versioning at a very low level. This article demonstrates that application-independent versioning can be supported at a significantly higher level. In particular, we extend the EXTRA data model and EXCESS query language so that configurations can be specified conceptually and non-procedurally. We also show how version sets can be viewed multidimensionally, thereby allowing configurations to be expressed at a higher level of abstraction. The resulting model integrates and generalizes ideas in CAD systems, CASE systems, and temporal databases.