Subtyping for Distributed Object Stores

Author: Jeannette M. Wing

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Abstract

I review the Liskov and Wing subtype definition that takes into consideration the problem of subtyping in the presence of mutable objects. I then show how this notion of subtyping is relevant to the design of the TOM object repository whose main application today is a data type conversion service accesssible through the Web.