PPT Slide
OSF stands for "Object Strike Force"
- Semi-autonomous group "outside" UDB development
- Focus: object-relational extensions for DB2 UDB
- Both near-term and longer-term interests
- Collaborate with our Toronto and Santa Teresa labs
Significant activities to date
- Prototyped "row type" support for DB2 UDB
- Delivered in DB2 UDB Version 5.2 (9/98)
- Significantly revised SQL3 draft standard
- Working on next step plus future technologies
The OSF Project at IBM Almaden