A language facility for designing database-intensive applications

Abstract

TAXIS, a language for the design of interactive information systems (e.g., credit card verification, student-course registration, and airline reservations) is described. TAXIS offers (relational) database management facilities, a means of specifying semantic integrity constraints, and an exception-handling mechanism, integrated into a single language through the concepts of class, property , and the IS-A (generalization) relationship . A description of the main constructs of TAXIS is included and their usefulness illustrated with examples.