This is a list of available Object-Oriented databases. Thanks go to Stewart Clamen, who's survey on schema evolution provided a good start. The list was updated March 1996 by Tim Harvey who keeps the mini-FAQ of object and object-relational vendors for the sister News group comp.object.databases.
Additional short entries and corrections are encouraged; please send them to the author of the FAQ or Tim Harvey at:
Email: timh@plaza.ds.adp.com rwi@teleport.com Voice: (503) 294-4200, Ext. 3313
The most recent copy of Stewart Clamen's summary on available databases support for schema evolution will be available indefinitely via anonymous FTP from BYRON.SP.CS.CMU.EDU:/usr/anon/OODBMS/evolution-summary.
[Kim 89] covers a few of the research systems below in depth.
Starred entries also have an entry in "APPENDIX E ANONYMOUS FTP SITES".
See also section 3.5 for an Object Database Management Group (ODMG) reference.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Extended Relational Database Model Research Systems POSTGRES* [marketed by Montage] Starburst [IBM almaden, entry NYI] Commercial Systems Illustra Montage [Research System POSTGRES] Omniscience ORDBMS Raima Database Manager/Velocis/Raima Object Manager Total ORDB [Cincom Systems]
Object-Oriented Data Model Research Systems AVANCE CLOSQL ConceptBase* COOL/COCOON Encore* Exodus* Machiavelli MOOD4-PC* OBST/STONE* Ode* Oggetto Orion [marketed as ITASCA, see Entry] OTGen PLOB VODAK Commercial Systems ArtBASE EasyDB (Basesoft Open Systems, Sweden) GemStone IDB Object Database ITASCA Matisse NeoAccess OBST+ O2 Objectivity/DB ObjectStore Ontos [formerly VBase] Odapter/OpenODB program (HP) OOFILE Phyla POET Statice UniSQL Unisys Universal Repository Versant VisualWorks
Other Models Research Systems GRAS* IRIS Commercial Systems IDL Kala Pick
Interfaces Research Systems Penguin Commercial Systems AllegroStore (Franz) DBTools.h++ Object Gateway Persistence Subtleware Synchronicity (Smalltalk)
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