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From: rmy@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Rasthiyaadu Yakaa)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Meta Level or Reflective DBMS Architectures
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Date: 13 Oct 90 04:21:38 GMT
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In programming languages, there are (and have been) several
efforts towards meta-level or reflective languages ..

I am interested in knowing if there are similar efforts in
the database area in developing meta-level or reflective 
DBMS architectures. In particular, I would like to find
a fairly good definition of what constitutes a meta-level
or reflective architecture (if there is one !) and in
compiling a list of projects or efforts that are working
on such architectures. I would like to hear from those
working on such architectures (papers, reports, references 
would be welcome). 

I would also like to hear comments from those knowledgeable
in the area regarding the capability of such an approach
to "make a system fit the application" rather than "make
an application fit the system" (a claim i have seen in
reflective prog. lang.). This, in my opinion, represents
an interesting approach to extensible systems, rather than
individual extensible query optimizers, or extensible 
abstract data types, etc

And, one final question, I would like to know if there
is a particular theory (math) that governs such systems.

E-mail would be appreciated and i will post a summary
if there are enough responses.

yaseen 
(rmy@beach.cis.ufl.edu OR rmy@trout.cis.ufl.edu)

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I am interested in compiling a list of DBMS architectures
that fall