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Serious object-oriented reasoning in information modeling



The conscious use of abstraction is very well understood in the programming
world. Investigation is needed for better use of abstraction in information
modeling. One of the major issues here is how to describe information (data +
behavior) independently of how it is stored or used. Among the questions to be
addressed:

How do you represent a "conceptual schema" using an object approach? In
particular, how do you represent a relationship? How do you specify object
operations? How do you represent operations spanned across several objects?

Does the "entity-relationship approach" to information modeling lack behavior?

How can you specify behavior in an implementation-independent manner?

What is the "impedance mismatch" problem for the object paradigm?

Is API specification consistent with the object approach?

Is it possible to create an Object SQL and not delete anything from SQL?

Is it possible to do object programming in <your favorite programming language>?

How can you represent catalogs of data elements and encyclopedic resources for
information management with regard to representation of behavior?

Position papers are not to exceed three pages and are due no later than August
15, 1992. Submissions by e-mail are strongly encouraged. Participants will be
selected based on the interest and quality of their position papers. Suggestions
for possible panels and their participants are also welcome. Some accepted
position papers will be chosen for presentation at the workshop. Applicants will
be notified of acceptance by September 15 and will receive a copy of the
position papers.

Workshop organizers: 

Bill Harvey, Robert Morris College, Coraopolis, PA, 
and 
Haim Kilov, Bell Communications Research, Morristown, NJ


Contact information:
Haim Kilov, Bell Communications Research, MRE 1F216, 435 South Street,
Morristown, NJ 07960
(Phone: 201-829-2816; Fax: 201-829-5678, e-mail: haim@bcr.cc.bellcore.com
or
haim@dancer.cc.bellcore.com)

(The date of the Workshop is Sunday, October 18, 1992).