Distributed object oriented knowledgebases

Ever more extensive computer systems are required by complex, multi-centre organisations. The distributed object oriented systems model matches well to these requirements, combining the attractive properties of persistent object systems with the contents addressability of the conventional relational model. The author focuses on the application of the object oriented model in large-scale concurrent distributed database systems. In designing a really large scale and complex system such as a major healthcare application, the simplest approach is to build a model of the existing human organisation and its information systems. Fortunately, with today's technology this is also a cost/effective approach to implementation.<
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