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                   ORIENT ODBMS: 100% Pure Object Database
                               JUST Edition  

                   Copyright (c) 2001 Orient Technologies
                        (www.orientechnologies.com)
                           All rights reserved.
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Release.......: 2.0

Date..........: Planned for May/June 2001

Description...: * ENGINE new features:
                  - New schema evolution and versioning.
                  - Dynamic get/set members on objects.
                  - New User management with User Groups and access
                    privileges.
                  - New d_Set and d_List containers.
                  - Read-only access for databases on CD-ROM, Network drives,
                    etc.


                * New JAVA mapping:
                  - New support to Java language by Sun Microsystems JDO
                    interface. This is a basic JDO compliance.

                * ODLCPP new features:
                  - Total rewriting in JAVA.
                  - Support for new set and list containers.
                  - Support for schema evolution and versioning.

                * OCONSOLE new features:
                  - Total rewriting in JAVA.
                  - Support for schema evolution and versioning.
                  - Support for new set and list containers.
                  - Interactive object creation.
                  - Support for read-only database access.
                  - Exploring among collection members.

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Release.......: 2.1

Date..........: Planned for September 2001

Description...: * New XML support:
                  - APIs to import/export databases, classes and objects
                    from/to XML formal.

                * New OEXPORT tool:
                  - Export of database, classes or single objects in XML
                    format.

                * New OIMPORT tool:
                  - Import of database, classes or single objects from XML
                    format (usually generated by OEXPORT tool, but since
                    XML is pure ASCII, can be useful to handle
                    creation/update of objects simply editing an XML file).

                * ODLCPP new features:
                  - Total rewriting in JAVA.

                * OCONSOLE new features:
                  - Total rewriting in JAVA.
                  - Interactive object creation.
                  - Exploring among collection members.

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Release.......: 3.0

Date..........: Planned for December 2001

Description...: * New OADMIN visual tool:
                  - New visual tool (written in Java) for the full
                    mantainance of Orient databases.

                * New ODESIGNER visual tool:
                  - New visual tool (written in Java) for the design
                    (UML like) and generation/versioning of Orient
                    databases.

                * New OEXPLORER visual tool:
                  - New visual tool (written in Java) for the management of
                    Orient databases.

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