A Geometric Data Manager
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Date
1983
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
GWB/DMS is the data management subsystem of GWB, the Geometric Work-Bench. I t has been designed specifically for three-dimensional computeraided design applications. As the data definition and manipulation take place with extensions of high-level language constructs, GWB/DMS offers a direct migration from an independent "in-core" application to one using a database. Besides, the user can define additional access paths using geometric or conventional indices. The interactive nature of design is taken into account by including a simple transaction control mechanism. Transparency in ordinary programming and efficiency are the main design criteria of GWB/DMS. Its novelties are: 1) geometric indices facilitating access by location, 2) address calculation as the main access method and 3) tools for controlling the "physical closeness" of database objects.
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@inproceedings{10.2312:eg.19831006,
booktitle = {Eurographics Conference Proceedings},
editor = {P.J.W. ten Hagen},
title = {{A Geometric Data Manager}},
author = {Tikkanen, M. and Mantyla, M. and Tamminen, M.},
year = {1983},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISSN = {1017-4656},
ISBN = {},
DOI = {10.2312/eg.19831006}
}