ODMG 3.0 and Python

[Tres Seaver]

In article <QyGK4.8376$HG1.232986 at nnrp1.uunet.ca>,
Warren Postma <embed at geocities.com> wrote:
>I was just reading at the ODMG's home page (www.odmg.org) that they have
>released ODMG 3.0, and it represents a not-so-subtle-shift in what they
>consider the ODMG standard to involve. I quote from the disclaimer added
>above the existing online documentation which covers only the "2.0"
>standard.
>
>"Note: This text is for ODMG 2.0.  The new release, ODMG 3.0, was published
>in January
>2000.   The following text does not reflect the ODMG's charter change.  The
>ODMG is now
>an Object Storage API standard that can work with any DBMS or tool.  We are
>in the process of changing all references to Object Databases (ODBMS) to
>Object Data. "
>
>Isn't it neat when a standards body actually ADMITs it is time to
>refactor/rename their
>standard?
>
>Anyways... Is anybody interested in an ODMG-3.0 compliant database for
>Python?
>That would be a LARGE undertaking, but perhaps we could Borgle
>(borrow+burgle) bits of gadfly to help out, such as the excellent kjbuckets,
>parser, and other similar bits. As for the underlying data store, persisting
>Python objects is already trivial, so adding a variety of persistence
>techniques (b+tree of marshalled or pickled objects, etc) would not exactly
>be Difficult.  A certain amount of C++ and Smalltalk Bias would have to be
>overcome, but that's not insurmountable.

You should probably also check out Jim Fulton's talk on the Zope Object
Database, presented at IPC8:

  http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/proceedings/papers/fulton/zodb3.html

Sycophantic'ly,

Tres.
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