(DBWORLD) OOPSLA '99 Workshop on Java & Databases
Juergen Zimmermann
Workshop on "Java(tm) and Databases: Persistence Options"
2 November 1999, Denver, Colorado, USA
To be held at the 14th Annual Conference on Object-Oriented
Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA '99).
For details of OOPSLA, please see http://www.acm.org/sigplan/oopsla/
Background
Today, many companies are making an expensive shift to object
technology. For example, COBOL programmers have to be educated
in object-oriented programming. Currently, the language of
choice appears to be Java for a number of reasons: Java is
the synthesis of good experiences gained with other object-
oriented languages, such as C++ and Smalltalk. Real-world
objects can easily be modelled in a Java program or applet.
However, most applications require a persistent storage medium
like a database. At present, little is known about what
experiences users have in combining Java and Databases,
for example:
* What problems has it helped to overcome?
* What problems has it helped to reduce?
* What problems has it introduced?
These questions are particularly important, since Java
technology like many new technologies can result in cultural
changes and the way things "get done". Furthermore, companies
act as global companies and need wide distributed applications
with stable and efficient data stores to provide "just-in-time"
information via an intranet. This is a key issue to be a successful
company having flexible reactions to global changes. Java
technology becomes the standard platform for both distributed
and intranet applications.
Objectives
This workshop aims to bring together academics, users and practitioners
who have experiences in managing and handling persistent Java
objects in their organisations. The goal is to discuss some of the
issues and problems that they have experienced, what solutions they
have developed and what lessons they have learned.
Workshop Format
Workshop participation is by invitation, based upon a position
paper. Participants can choose to give a short presentation
(10 minutes with 5 minutes for questions) or a long presentation
(20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions).
Papers will be grouped according to a general category, which
will be decided by the organisers, based upon the submissions
received.
The workshop will be divided into four sessions, three of which
will be reserved for participant presentations and one for a panel
discussion at the end of the day.
Topics of Interest
The technologies and products of interest include (but are not
limited to):
* Java Binding of the ODMG Standard
* JDBC
* SQLJ
* Case Studies
* Product Comparisons/Evaluations
* Performance Studies/Benchmarks
* War Stories
* OODBs (GemStone, Jasmine, O2, Objectivity/DB, ObjectStore,
Poet, Versant)
* ORDBs (DB2, Informix, Oracle)
* Java to Relational Mapping Tools
Requirements for Attendance
Participants will be required to submit copies of either:
1. A short paper of up to 2,000 words or
2. A long paper of up to 5,000 words.
Participants will need to have at least 3 months experience with
a particular project to ensure that they can contribute their
experiences and lessons learned to date based on actual systems
using Java and databases. Contributions from those currently
undertaking detailed product evaluations from the academic and
user communities are also encouraged. Electronic submissions in
Microsoft Word format are greatly preferred. Submissions should
be sent to either workshop co-chair, below.
Examples of workshop submissions can be found for two previous
workshops on database related topics at OOPSLA '95 and OOPSLA '97:
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/homes/zorn/public_html/OOPSLA95-Workshop.html
and
http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~akmal/oopsla97.dir/workshop.html
Deadline
Position papers are due by 1 September 1999. Notification of
acceptance by 20 September 1999.
References
The proposed workshop is a first attempt to exchange experiences
on how to integrate new technologies like Java and/or Enterprise
JavaBeans (EJB) with database platforms, either relational,
object-relational or object-oriented. The workshop organisers have
a long history in transferring object technology into real-life
projects and applications. Hence there will be a good opportunity
to set up productive workshop sessions which stress the various
architectural and co-operative options of Java and databases.
Workshop Organisers
Francis Bancilhon
Ardent Software Inc. (USA)
Jose Blakeley
Microsoft Inc. (USA)
Akmal B. Chaudhri (Co-Chair)
Computer Associates Plc (UK)
Email: ak...@bigfoot.com
Dan Fishman
Informix Software Inc. (USA)
Roberto Zicari
LogOn Technology Transfer (Germany)
Juergen Zimmermann (Co-Chair)
sd&m AG (Germany)
Email: juergen.z...@sdm.de
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