Management of Product Data Using an Extensible Object-Oriented Query Language
Kjell Orsborn · 1996
. The concepts of product models and data management systems for engineering data are becoming increasingly important in industry to support rational product development and manufacturing. Considerable reductions in production costs and development time are possible, and efficient information management is becoming a strategic issue. This work shows how a state-of-the-art object-oriented and extensible (also referred to as object-relational) query language, AMOSQL, can be used for product data management. AMOSQL is part of a main-memory object-relational database system, AMOS, which combines high-level modelling with high execution efficiency. The AMOS architecture incorporates database functionality and conforms to the mediator approach forming an intermediate level between applications and data sources. By relying on general DBMS technology for product data management, it is possible to take advantage of built in database facilities for client-server communication, data sharing and d...