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often forced to use existing systems in degenerate ways, or to
reimplement complex, bug-prone data manipulation routines by hand.
%Examples include:
%\begin{itemize}
%\item Search engines
%\item Document repositories (including desktop search)
%\item Web based email services
%\item Web based map and gis services
%\item Ticket reservation systems
%\item Photo, audio and video repositories
%\item Bioinformatics
%\item Version control systems
%\item Workflow applications
%\item CAD/VLSI applications
%\item Directory services
%\end{itemize}
Examples of real world systems that currently fall into this category
are web search engines, document repositories, large-scale web-email
services, map and trip planning services, ticket reservation systems,
photo and video repositories, bioinformatics, version control systems,
workflow applications, CAD/VLSI applications and directory services.
Applications that have only recently begun to make use of high-level
database features include XML based systems, object persistance
mechanisms, and enterprise management systems (notably, SAP R/3).
In short, we beleive that a fundamental architectural shift in
In short, we believe that a fundamental architectural shift in
transactional storage is necessary before general purpose storage
systems are of practical use to modern applications.
Until this change occurs, databases' imposition of unwanted