Database Object Display Definition And Management With Moggetto

This paper describes a user interface framework called Moggetto for an object-oriented database system (OODB). Moggetto is proposed as an approach to the definition and management of tailorable object displays. The novelty of the approach lies in the use of embedded, inherently reconfigurable user interface components to realise object user interfaces which are modelled in the database. This obviates the need for close coupling between the OODB and the host windowing system through, for example, common language bindings and code libraries. Keywords User interface framework, database user interface management system, user interface components, MOG objects 1 INTRODUCTION The object model is frequently espoused for database applications where richer semantic modelling capabilities than those offered by the traditional database models are required. Most of the older database models, exemplified by the relational model, are designed for applications where the data can be modelled using rela..