Re: [Gnue-dev] Object-Relational Mapping

[Jason Cater]

Since we are sharing articles that have bookmarked, here is an article from a 
respected relational theorist and practicioner:
  
http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci769023,00.html?FromTaxonomy=%2Fpr%2F284872
  (entitled "OO for application development, not database management")
 
He is affiliated with Codd (the originator of Relational database theory in 
the '70s) and Date (also helped pioneer relational databases.) 

These guys resumes go well beyond academic theorizing (is that a word :)

One interesting point that I read place after place is that the integrity 
guarantees offered by relational database theory is based on solid 
mathematical principles -- OODBMS are not; they are just built on supposed 
market forces.  And relational data models are only as limited in 
functionality as you make them -- there's nothing that can be done in an 
OODBMS-paradigm than in a properly designed relational one... however I'd 
venture to say that the converse of that statement is not true.  Just food 
for thought. 

Well, that's my link for the day :)

-- Jason 


On Thursday 16 January 2003 01:33 pm, Daniel E Baumann wrote:
> Here's an interesting paper that I had sitting on my HD forever and
> finally read it the other day. I think us appserver guys might find it
> useful. *DISCLAIMER*: old skool data modelers might be offended at
> some of the things the author says ;).
>
> http;//www.libertyetech.com/mappObjects.pdf
>
> Enjoy,
> Dan