8. BNCOD 1990: University of York

Alan W. Brown, Peter Hitchcock (Eds.): BNCOD-8 Proceedings of the 8th Bristish National Conference on Databases. July 9-11, 1990, Univerity of York, Pitman Publishing, London 1990, ISBN 0-273-08837-8

Database Architectures

William Kent: The Evolving Role of Database in Object Systems. 1-9
Jean Louis Cheval: A Version Model for Object-Oriented Databases. 10-31
J. P. Gray, F. Poole: A Transputer Based Implementation of a Parallel Database System. 32-63
Peter J. H. King, Mir Derakhshan, Alexandra Poulovassilis, Carol Small: TriStap - An Investigation into the Implementation and Exploitation of Binary Relational Storage Structures. 64-84

Theoretical Issues

Thomas Ludwig: Compilation of Complex DATALOG with Stratified Negation. 85-107
X. Y. Wang, W. A. Gray, N. J. Fiddian: Semantic Transaction Optimization in Relational Databases. 108-123
Peter T. Wood: Graph Views and Recursive Query Languages. 124-141

Applications

Deborah Thomas: Implementing the Emerging ISO Standard STEP into a Relational Database. 142-158
Greg Nichols, Steven A. Demurjian: Object-Oriented Database design for the Ozone Software Development Environment. 159-178
Friedrich Lohmann, Karl Neumann: Geoscientific Database System Supporting Cartography and Application Programming. 179-195

Interfaces and Office Information Systems

D. J. L. Gradwell: The Arrival of IRDS Standards. 196-209
Augusto Celentano, Maria Grazia Fugini, Silvano Pozzi: A Modelling Paradigm for Retrieval of Office Documents. 210-223
T. J. Sillitoe, B. Nick Rossiter, Michael A. Heather: Trail Management in Hypertext: Database Support for Navigation through Textual Complex Objects. 224-242
Alan W. Brown, Roger K. Took, William G. Daly: Design and Construction of Graphical Database User Interfaces Using Surface Interaction. 243-262