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CS410: Advanced Databases

Unit 7: Object-Oriented and Object-Relational Databases
As object-oriented programming gained popularity in the 1990s, object-oriented database management systems that incorporated all of the principles of object-oriented design began to emerge. A short time later, a hybrid approach known as object-relational databases was adopted. In this unit, you will first learn about object-oriented databases and then object-relational extensions to relational database management systems.

Completing this unit should take you approximately 12 hours.
- Unit 7 Learning Outcomes Page
- 7.1: Object-Oriented Data Model
  - University of Alberta: Osmar Zaïane's "Object-Oriented Databases" >
    Read these slides for an introduction to concepts related to object-oriented databases. While you read, compare the components available in object-oriented databases and how they are similar to object-oriented components in programming languages.
  - Indian Institute of Technology Bangalore: S. Srinath's "Object Oriented Databases I" Page
    Watch this lecture for an introduction to object-oriented databases.
- 7.2: Object-Relational Database Systems
  - University of California, Santa Cruz: M. Keller's "Object-Relational Databases" URL
    Read these slides for an introduction to concepts related to object-relational databases.
  - Indian Institute of Technology Bangalore: S. Srinath's "Object Oriented Databases II" Page
    Watch this lecture for an introduction to object-oriented databases.