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"Borden, Jonathan" wrote: > > > I think we have a definitional problem. I call anything that handles > > "little fiddly graphs of data with links and annotations" an object > > database. Is there someone in XML-DEV land with a better definition? > > -- > Object databases don't have any particular claim in this area. The current > varieties seem more suited to work with particular languages (e.g. c++ or > java). Oracle has announced an DOM interface in 8i, ObjectDesign a DOM > interface in eXcelon .. so, the only difference is how easy they are to work > with and how fast they process specific tasks (oh ... and how much they cost > :-) You didn't really answer my question. If Oracle 8i provides the same support for "graphs of data with links and annotations" that ObjectDesign then in what sense is it NOT an object database. I'm still asking for a definition. Paul Prescod - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for only himself http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco "Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels." --Faith Whittlesey xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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