Authors: Sang-Won Lee
Tags: 2006, conceptual modeling
In this paper, we propose a set of schema change operations which allows to restructure complex object hierarchy in object-oriented databases. This model extends a schema version model, called RiBS, which is based on the concept of Rich Base Schema. In the RiBS model, each schema version is in the form of updatable class hierarchy view over one base schema, called the RiBS layer, which has richer schema information than any existing schema version in the database. In this paper, we introduce new operations for restructuring composite object hierarchy in schema versions, and explain their semantics. The originality of this paper lies in that 1) we introduce several new operations to restructure composite object hierarchy, and 2) this extended RiBS model operations raise the concept of data independence in OODBs upto the schema level.Read the full paper here: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/11908883_30
