Distributed applications in a federated distributed database system (FDDBS) are considered, and an architecture model for an open FDDBS is outlined. Global transactions and serializability requirements are discussed. A decentralized global transaction management method that allows an integrated use of two different transaction models in a single environment is presented. DBPL-Net, a prototype FDDBS system, is described. It allows distributed applications written in the Databases Programming Language, DBPL, and is supported by both types of distributed transactions to be executed
Date of Conference: 22-25 Oct 1990