External Schema Generation Algorithms for Object Oriented Databases
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چکیده
In this paper two external schema generation algorithms are presented. These algorithms are defined in the framework of the new external schema definition methodology for OODBs put forward in (Samos, 1995); they generate an external schema from a set of classes selected from those existing in an external schema definition repository. Their main characteristic is that they avoid the generation of auxiliary classes that are not included in the defined external schema.
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