Computerized databases are essential and inseparable components of a vast majority of today's information systems. Database systems are used at all levels of management, research and production to provide uniform access and control of consistent information. Computer aided software engineering system require extensive database system support. Several industrial and academic research and development projects attempt to provide this support by using conventional database management systems or special purpose data managers. Object-oriented database management system technology provides a set of capabilities which are required by computer integrated software engineering systems. Our objective is to take advantage of this new technology and develop computer integrated software engineering systems that support complete user-defined life cycles with uniform interface and logical centralized database support. This paper presents Objectivity (DEC Object/DB) in relation to its architectural issues and shows how applications can be developed by the help of C++ interface.
