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HEROS: A heterogeneous object oriented database system

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Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 1998)

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This work provides an overview of HEROS, a heterogeneous object oriented database management system, with emphasis in its architecture and transaction model. A detailed discussion of its implementation using CORBA for components interoperability is also given.

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  1. Departamento de Informática, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

    Elvira Maria Antunes UchÔa, Sérgio Lifschitz & Rubens Nascimento Melo

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UchÔa, E.M.A., Lifschitz, S., Melo, R.N. (1998). HEROS: A heterogeneous object oriented database system. In: Quirchmayr, G., Schweighofer, E., Bench-Capon, T.J. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1460. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0054502

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