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ODBMS.ORG, the Internet's most up-to-date educational and research portal on object database technology, has published a new paper by expert panel member Michael Blaha on the importance of referential integrity for object databases. This latest publication comes amidst an extension of ODBMS.ORG's large collection of freely downloadable resources and the appointment of six new expert panel members, demonstrating the portal's growing importance as an educational and research reference resource for the IT industry.

Blaha explains in his paper, which is available for free download fromODBMS.ORG's expert section, that referential integrity is a fundamental principle of database theory and arises from the notion that a database should not only store data, but should actively seek to ensure its quality. The notion of referential integrity also applies to OODBMSs. There are relationships between objects that cause them to depend on each other and maintenance of these dependencies should not be left to application code.

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