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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
5.0464278e-05
Overall Rank
6,465 | 55.07%
DOI
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Rank Citing Paper Year Venue Pagerank
5,100 Semantic Queries with Pictures: The VIMSYS Model 1991 VLDB 5.6940372e-05
5,667 Performance of Data-Parallel Spatial Operations 1994 VLDB 5.3823876e-05
8,324 New Data Models and Languages - the Challenge 1992 PODS 4.5392079e-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 0.0040465394
7 Extending the Data Base Relational Model to Capture More Meaning 1979 SIGMOD 0.0015464728
10 Benchmarking Database Systems: A Systematic Approach 1983 VLDB 0.0012093675
12 The Functional Data Model and the Data Language DAPLEX 1979 SIGMOD 0.0011268747
26 The Design Of The Postgres Storage System 1987 VLDB 0.00082350905
44 The Design Of Postgres 1986 SIGMOD 0.00071946446
79 An Amateur's Introduction to Recursive Query Processing Strategies 1986 SIGMOD 0.00056010993
86 Making Smalltalk a Database System 1984 SIGMOD 0.0005348843
134 The EXODUS Optimizer Generator 1987 SIGMOD 0.00043070028
187 Object and File Management in the EXODUS Extensible Database System 1986 VLDB 0.00035990623
353 Object Identity As A Query Language Primitive 1989 SIGMOD 0.00026275228
452 Semantics and Implementation of Schema Evolution in Object-Oriented Databases 1987 SIGMOD 0.00022802499
520 LDL: A Logic-Based Data-Language 1986 VLDB 0.00021145923
525 A Model Of Queries For Object-Oriented Databases 1989 VLDB 0.00021060258
604 A Data Model and Query Language for EXODUS 1988 SIGMOD 0.00019333115
631 O2, an Object-Oriented Data Model 1988 SIGMOD 0.00018904557
669 F-Logic: A Higher-Order Language for Reasoning about Objects, Inheritance, and Scheme 1989 SIGMOD 0.00018413233
780 Version Modeling Concepts for Computer-Aided Design Databases 1986 SIGMOD 0.00016685391
953 A Unifying Framework for Version Control in a CAD Environment 1986 VLDB 0.00015096873
958 Benchmarking Simple Database Operations 1987 SIGMOD 0.0001506448
982 The POSTGRES Data Model 1987 VLDB 0.00014865769
1,298 Composite Objects Revisted 1989 SIGMOD 0.00012730275
1,436 A Data Management Extension Architecture 1987 SIGMOD 0.00011978473
3,850 Versions Of Schema For Object-Oriented Databases 1988 VLDB 6.6999737e-05
4,411 An Implementation for Nested Relational Databases 1988 VLDB 6.2005552e-05
4,897 Multimedia Information Management in an Object-Oriented Database System 1987 VLDB 5.8456903e-05
7,088 Transaction Management In An Object-Oriented Database System 1988 SIGMOD 4.8321743e-05
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