Introduction

ODB-II is a new database product with many innovative features. It is engineered to support enterprise applications: those with a potentially large population of users who have a wide range of requirements, and a need to access the same information in different ways. As enterprises increasingly strive to gain competitive advantage through innovative use of information technology, the applications they want to tackle will increasingly deal with complex and dynamic data models. ODB-II is designed to handle data that is both complex and dynamic. Its key benefits lie in its ability to handle:

• A variety of data types, including multimedia, through the mechanism of class hierarchies and inheritance.
• Complex interlinked data, through direct support of relationships and navigational access.
• Dynamic change, the ability to add and modify data descriptions during use.
• Unpredictable data access, through the powerful query mechanisms.
• Access to external data, through the encapsulation mechanisms.

ODB-II comes from a supplier who understands the demands of large-scale information systems in major corporations, and has many years of experience in applying technological innovation to meeting these demands.

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ODB-II Platforms

ODB-II applications are portable among a wide variety of UNIX and PC platforms.

History

ODB-II is the result of more than eight years of research and development. It is derived from a research project called Jasmine at Fujitsu Laboratories.

When should I use ODB-II?

ODB-II Architecture

Leading Edge Features of ODB-II

ODB-II Product Line

Object Database Query Language

ODB-II Tools

Current Implementations of ODB-II

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