Advanced Course in Database Systems, An: Beyond Relational Databases, Dietrich & Urban

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Designed for a second level database course for undergraduates, this book goes beyond the relational database coverage of a typical first course. It offers readers a carefully researched set of topics specifically designed for a second course in database systems, covering object-oriented conceptual data modeling, object-oriented databases, object-relational databases, and databases and the Web. The target audience of the books is anyone who understands relational database technology, including both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as the database professionals. The book bridges the gap between the UML and EER object-oriented conceptual data models, guiding the reader through the latest technological advances in object databases and the integration of databases and the World-Wide Web.SIGNIFICANT FEATURES• Provides detailed coverage of UML class diagrams including a comparative analysis with EER diagrams.• Establishes the foundation for object-oriented and object-relational concepts by offering in-depth coverage of the Object Data Standard.• Gives comprehensive coverage of advanced relational and object-relational features of the SQL standard.• Includes mapping of UML and EERdiagrams to the relational, object-oriented and object-relational data models.• Presents in-depth coverage of JDBC as an example call-level interface to SQL databases.• Covers XML and databases, including DTDs, XML Schema and data exchange.• Provides case study implementations of the same database enterprise in relational (Oracle), object-relational (Oracle) and object-oriented (Objectivity/DB) databases.