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From: gatto@frodo.mgh.harvard.edu (Joseph Gatto)
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Subject: object-oriented databases
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Date: 22 Aug 90 15:36:59 GMT
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Hello: I am new to this net and don't know if my query is appropriate, but 
here goes. We want to build a database relating to genetic and develop-
mental information for the nematode C. elegans. Since the data is in the 
form of text, numbers, images and graphics we thought that an object-
oriented database would be most appropriate. But we are unaware of the
OODB's which are available and the comparisons between them. We want to 
run on a Sun Sparkstation. Thus I would be most appreciative of any such 
info. If I get sufficent response and there is other interest I can com-
pile a summary and post it to the net. Please email responses.

Joe Gatto
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dept. Molecular Biology
Boston, MA.