Providing views and closure for the object data management group object model
Journal Article
Roantree, M., Kennedy, J., & Barclay, P. (1999)
Providing views and closure for the object data management group object model. Information and Software Technology, 41(15), 1037-1044. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0950-5849%2899%2900042-7
The ODMG Object Model uses a standard for object-oriented database designers,
while attempting to address some issues of interoperability. This research is focused
on the viab...
A multidatabase layer for the ODMG object model
Conference Proceeding
Roantree, M., Kennedy, J., & Barclay, P. J. (1999)
A multidatabase layer for the ODMG object model. In C. Rolland, & G. Grosz (Eds.), Oois '98: Proceedings 1998 International Conference on Object Oriented Information Systems, 9-11 September 1998, Paris (93-110). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0895-5_8
The lack of a common object model has been addressed to some extent by the specification of the ODMG Object Model standard. However, the problem still exists for designers of ...
A lightweight presentation model for database user interfaces.
Conference Proceeding
Gray, P., Cooper, R., Kennedy, J., McKirdy, J., Barclay, P. J., & Griffiths, T. (1998)
A lightweight presentation model for database user interfaces. In C. Stephanidis, & A. Waern (Eds.), 4th ERCIM Workshop on "User Interfaces for All"
The Teallach project is building a system which eases the design and implementation of
user interfaces (web-based or otherwise) to object-oriented database applications. Teall...
bclasses: A construct and method for modelling co-operative object behaviour
Journal Article
Marshall, B. R., Kennedy, J. B., & Barclay, P. J. (1997)
bclasses: A construct and method for modelling co-operative object behaviour. Information and Software Technology, 39(5), 351-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0950-5849%2896%2901151-2
Current object-oriented (OO) modelling techniques emphasise the static aspects of data objects. Dynamics in general and collaborations between objects in particular tend to be...
A framework for information visualisation
Journal Article
Kennedy, J., Mitchell, K., & Barclay, P. J. (1996)
A framework for information visualisation. SIGMOD record, 25, 30-34
In this paper we examine the issues involved in developing information visualisation systems and present a framework for their construction. The framework addresses the compon...
On temporal versioning in object oriented databases.
Journal Article
Lu, J., Barclay, P. J., & Kennedy, J. (1996)
On temporal versioning in object oriented databases. Informationssystem-Architekturen, 3, 38-40
This paper describes the development of the data model TVM which contains a new concept, temporal versioning. This generalises the ideas of temporal databases and version mana...
Functional languages on linear chromosomes
Conference Proceeding
Holmes, P., & Barclay, P. J. (1996)
Functional languages on linear chromosomes. In Proceedings of the 1st annual conference on genetic programming (427
Ayala & Kiger (1984) document a biological phenomenon in which co-adapted genes migrate and naturally cluster together into structures called supergenes. We have begun researc...
TOTEM: an Interactive Tool for Creative Data Modelling
Conference Proceeding
Crerar, A., Barclay, P. J., & Watt, R. (1996)
TOTEM: an Interactive Tool for Creative Data Modelling. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Interfaces to Databases, Napier University, Edinburgh (IDS-3). https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/IDS1996.8
Data modelling is a crucial and early step in the design of all but the most trivial database systems. Although a fundamental skill for information systems designers, data mod...
A framework for user-interfaces to databases
Conference Proceeding
Mitchell, K., Kennedy, J., & Barclay, P. J. (1996)
A framework for user-interfaces to databases. In T. Catarci, M. F. Costabile, S. Levialdi, & G. Santucci (Eds.), Proceedings [of the] 3rd International Workshop on Advanced Visual Interfaces, AVI'96 (81-90). https://doi.org/10.1145/948449.948462
A framework for user-interfaces to databases (IDSs) is proposed which draws from existing research on human computer interaction (HCI) and database systems. The framework is d...
Using a conceptual data language to describe a database and its interface
Conference Proceeding
Mitchell, K., Kennedy, J., & Barclay, P. J. (1995)
Using a conceptual data language to describe a database and its interface. In C. Goble, & J. Keane (Eds.), Advances in Databases: Proceedings [of the] 13th British National Conference on Database - BNCOD13, 1995 (101-119). https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0000543
We propose a conceptual approach to defining interfaces to databases which uses the features of a fully object oriented data language to specify interface objects combined wit...