Department of Computer Science CSI481 Database Systems Assignment 1 Due 5:00pm on 11 September 2020 Introduction This is a group assignment (at most 4 people in each group). It is the responsibility of the group to allocate responsibilities among members clearly such that individual contributions can be easily accessed. You are to submit the product of your work in the form of a neatly formatted, type-written report (pdf format). The introductory part of the report should state clearly how responsibilities were allocated and what contributions each group member made. You should also make sure that you clearly acknowledge sources you used to do your research, that is, quote and provide references where applicable. Your Assignment Give an account, with suitable examples, on the Object-Oriented data model. Your account should address the following topics: 1. The three aspects that are standard in data models: a) Data Definition – how are the data structures defined? [10] b) Data manipulation – How is data manipulated in the data structures? [10] c) Data Integrity –How are appropriate business rules specified? [10] 2. Advantages as compared to the relational data model. [10] 3. Application areas for which the Object-Oriented model is mostly suitable for and why. [10] 4. Your report should be at least 5 pages long and should contain illustrations to support your explanations.
