A Perspective on Foundations of Object-Oriented Information Systems

In this paper object-oriented information system (OOIS) is defined as an information system which employs object-oriented technologies in system design and implementation. This paper attempts to clarify the concept of OOIS and its implication, and to summarise research and practices in the OOIS area. At the top level, perspectives on foundations of object-orientation, information, information systems and OOISs are presented systematically. Then the domain of OOIS is analysed and a generic structure of OOIS as a branch of computer science is derived. Finally trends in OOIS technologies are analysed based on the review of the past OOIS proceedings.