Authors: Peter C. Lockemann
Tags: 1989, conceptual modeling
Current computer-based information systems offer very little in terms of semantic control of information processing because only very little of the application semantics can be mapped to descriptive information to be utilized during the processing. As recent results in several areas of computer science demonstrate, object orientation is a highly promising approach to remedy the situation. The paper introduces the notion of object orientation, surveys some of the recent directions and results in several areas of computer science, explores where a corresponding approach could profitably be applied to information system design and what benefits and problems could arise, and then demonstrates that object orientation in information system design and operation would find excellent support by the latest developments in information base management and information design environments.
