Database Management
Reference Manual
Distributed Attributes
Distributed Attributes
New functionality feature called Distributed attributes has been introduced to the database system. The fundamental concept of distributed attributes is about enabling objects to have groups of attributes distributed across hierarchies and potentially databases. As a result, a number of improvements can be used in the database system.
Improved Concurrency
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Users may work on different sets of data of an object in parallel.
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Support simultaneous multi-discipline update on same object.
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Claim granularity, only claim relevant portions of an object.
Possibility to Distribute an Objects Attributes across Hierarchies and Databases
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Easy distribution over Global dividing distributed attribute over different primary locations.
Simplified Access Control
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Team owning databases provides both read/write and read-only levels of access within the same object.
Data Inclusion/Exclusion
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Possible to hide select portions of an object.
User Extendibility on New and Existing Data
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In cases where it is hard to define UDETs this is an alternative way to extend existing objects with distributed attribute data.
Automatic Attribute Management
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The management (create/delete/referencing) of the distributed attributes.
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While the concept itself is rather straightforward, it introduces new possibilities to applications.
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An pictoral representation of how the concept might be used in an application, follows:
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