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@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/vldb/ArunJ98,
author = {Gopalan Arun and
Ashok Joshi},
editor = {Ashish Gupta and
Oded Shmueli and
Jennifer Widom},
title = {KODA - The Architecture And Interface of a Data Model Independent
Kernel},
booktitle = {VLDB'98, Proceedings of 24rd International Conference on Very
Large Data Bases, August 24-27, 1998, New York City, New York,
USA},
publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann},
year = {1998},
isbn = {1-55860-566-5},
pages = {671-674},
ee = {db/conf/vldb/ArunJ98.html},
crossref = {DBLP:conf/vldb/98},
bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}
In this paper we describe the architecture and interface of KODA, a production strength database kernel. KODA is unique in the industry in its ability to support two different data models viz. Oracle Rdb (a relational database system) and Oracle CODASYLDBMS (a CODASYL database system). Our experience in designing and implementing KODA demonstrates
Over the years, KODA based products have performed exceptionally well in industry standard benchmarks. This clearly demonstrates that including datamodel dependent functionality in the kernel is not a pre-requisite for high performance.
A data model independent kernel like KODA can thus be used, without much change, as the database industry moves from CODASYL to Relational to Object-Relational data models and beyond.
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