Until recently, information systems have been designed around different business functions, such as debt and inventory control. object oriented model, by contrast, structures systems around the data - objects - that make up the various business functions. Because information about a particular function is limited to one place - for the object - this system is protected from the effects of change. Object-oriented modeling also promotes better understanding of the requirements, design clear, and the system more easily maintained. This book focuses on recent developments in representational and processing aspects of data-intensive applications complex. The chapters cover "hot" topics such as application behavior and consistency, reverse engineering, interoperability and collaboration between objects, and work-flow modeling. Each chapter contains a review of the subject, followed by object-oriented modeling techniques and methodologies that can be applied to real life applications. Cherries, Embley RL, G. Gagnon, R. Groenewegen, G. Jensen, Liddle GJW, R. Poncelet, G. Schreft, R. Teisseire, WJ