ODB articles and products

ODB (object database) products are designed to work well with object programming languages such as C#, C++, and Java. When you integrate database capabilities with object programming language capabilities, the result is an ODB. An ODB makes database objects appear as programming language objects in one or more object programming languages. An ODB extends the language with transparently persistent data, concurrency control, data recovery, associative queries, and other capabilities.

ODBs provide the lowest cost for development and best performance combination when using objects because they store objects on disk and have the transparent program integration with object-oriented programming languages. This is because an ODB stores exactly the same object model that is used at the application level, both development and maintenance costs can be reduced.

This site will help you get started with ODB products. It has an extensive set of online articles. Also, there listing of vendors with links to product Web sites.

ODB articles

Interested in how ODB products work? Want to know when you should consider using these products? What are some architectures that take advantage of these products yet preserve your existing systems investment? These articles provide answers to these questions and more. Check out the ODB articles.

Products

A listing of vendors with links to their respective Web sites is available on this site. See the Web sites for ODB products.

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Software architectures can be built using ODBs with many of the following products described on this site. Be sure to check out these products:

	Web Services
	Application servers
	Relational DBMSs
	ORDBMSs
	OR mapping
	XML DBMSs
	XML middleware