This book describes comprehensive and fundamental aspects of object-oriented data modeling and implementation in Oracle. It covers the implementation and structural aspects of an object model, including object types, collection types, object referencing, nesting tables, and inheritance structures, as well as the behavioral aspects including encapsulating member procedures and functions.

The World Wide Web and ubiquitous computing technologies have given a significant boost to the emerging field of XML database research. Open and Novel Issues in XML Database Applications: Future Directions and Advanced Technologies covers comprehensive issues and challenges discovered through leading international XML database research. A useful reference source for researchers, practitioners, and academicians, this book provides complete references to the latest research in XML technology.

Graphs are a powerful tool for representing and understanding objects and their relationships in various application domains. The growing popularity of graph databases has generated data management problems that include finding efficient techniques for compressing large graph databases and suitable techniques for visualizing, browsing, and navigating large graph databases. Graph Data Management: Techniques and Applications is a central reference source for different data management techniques for graph data structures and their application. This book discusses graphs for modeling complex...