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View Definition and Positioning in DOOD Systems

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Because there is no difference between derivation rules and view definitions, DOOD systems are the best candidates to support an object-oriented view mechanism. Yet, to combine expressive power (i.e. no restriction on queries defining views), reusability and modeling accuracy (i.e. insertion of views into the generalization hierarchy), and consistency (stability in oid generation) is still an open challenging domain for OO research. This paper is a contribution to improve existing solutions while simplifying the task of users in the view definition process.

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    Xian Ye, Christine Parent & Stefano Spaccapietra

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Ye, X., Parent, C. & Spaccapietra, S. View Definition and Positioning in DOOD Systems. Journal of Systems Integration 7, 263–290 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008279320655

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