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From: ras@hpclras.HP.COM (Ron Rasmussen)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Request about semantical databases.
Message-ID: <790002@hpclras.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Oct 88 17:23:21 GMT
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Organization: HP NSG/ISD California Language Lab
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Hi,

   I ran across an article with the words 'Semantic' and 'object-oriented'
 in it.  The article was about the "Cactis" database done at the University
 of Colorado at Boulder.  In fact, Cactis stands for the Colorado Active
 Semantics Database and it claims to be a hybrid of semantic and object-
 oriented.  The papers I have on it are the following:

  CACTIS: A Database System for Specifying Functionally-Defined Data
    Authors: Roger King and Scott Hudson
    Published: IEEE 1986 

  Object-Oriented Database SUpport for Software Environments
    Authors: Roger King and Scott Hudson
    Published: ACM 1987 

  The CACTIS Project: Database Support for Software Environments 
    Authors: Roger King and Scott Hudson
    Published: IEEE 1988 Transactions on Software Engineering 

  I believe Scott Hudson worked on a 'purely' semantic database before
 working with King on CACTIS.  

  I am very interested in anything you find out.

    Sincerely,
                Ron Rasmussen

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Ron Rasmussen -- HP California Language Lab (ITG/ISD/CLL)
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