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Research Directions in Object-Oriented Database Systems

Summary: Positions OO language concepts as a foundation for post-relational data models but highlights lack of a standard OODB model and persistent criticisms hindering adoption. Provides historical perspective, a working OODB definition, and a concise agenda of research and implementation challenges. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
884
Venue
PODS
Year
1990
Pagerank
5.0509826e-05
Overall Rank
6,473 | 54.97%
DOI
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5,101 Semantic Queries with Pictures: The VIMSYS Model 1991 VLDB 5.6995265e-05
5,664 Performance of Data-Parallel Spatial Operations 1994 VLDB 5.3821564e-05
8,331 New Data Models and Languages - the Challenge 1992 PODS 4.5435639e-05
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
1 Access Path Selection in a Relational Database Management System 1979 SIGMOD 0.0040449103
8 Extending the Data Base Relational Model to Capture More Meaning 1979 SIGMOD 0.0015385917
10 Benchmarking Database Systems: A Systematic Approach 1983 VLDB 0.0012103754
12 The Functional Data Model and the Data Language DAPLEX 1979 SIGMOD 0.0011248121
26 The Design Of The Postgres Storage System 1987 VLDB 0.00082378685
44 The Design Of Postgres 1986 SIGMOD 0.00071838587
77 An Amateur's Introduction to Recursive Query Processing Strategies 1986 SIGMOD 0.00057043861
85 Making Smalltalk a Database System 1984 SIGMOD 0.00053428612
132 The EXODUS Optimizer Generator 1987 SIGMOD 0.00042994082
187 Object and File Management in the EXODUS Extensible Database System 1986 VLDB 0.00036020812
352 Object Identity As A Query Language Primitive 1989 SIGMOD 0.00026299604
451 Semantics and Implementation of Schema Evolution in Object-Oriented Databases 1987 SIGMOD 0.0002281305
519 LDL: A Logic-Based Data-Language 1986 VLDB 0.00021154077
524 A Model Of Queries For Object-Oriented Databases 1989 VLDB 0.00021083007
603 A Data Model and Query Language for EXODUS 1988 SIGMOD 0.00019351031
630 O2, an Object-Oriented Data Model 1988 SIGMOD 0.00018939398
669 F-Logic: A Higher-Order Language for Reasoning about Objects, Inheritance, and Scheme 1989 SIGMOD 0.00018430212
797 Version Modeling Concepts for Computer-Aided Design Databases 1986 SIGMOD 0.00016590465
954 Benchmarking Simple Database Operations 1987 SIGMOD 0.0001507746
965 A Unifying Framework for Version Control in a CAD Environment 1986 VLDB 0.00014973153
974 The POSTGRES Data Model 1987 VLDB 0.00014896625
1,315 Composite Objects Revisted 1989 SIGMOD 0.00012631662
1,437 A Data Management Extension Architecture 1987 SIGMOD 0.00011981662
3,848 Versions Of Schema For Object-Oriented Databases 1988 VLDB 6.7064255e-05
4,411 An Implementation for Nested Relational Databases 1988 VLDB 6.2071929e-05
4,892 Multimedia Information Management in an Object-Oriented Database System 1987 VLDB 5.8513087e-05
7,093 Transaction Management In An Object-Oriented Database System 1988 SIGMOD 4.8367994e-05
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