<s>
ODABA	B-Application
is	O
a	O
terminology-oriented	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
conceptual	O
extension	O
of	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Application
database	I-Application
system	O
,	O
and	O
implements	O
concepts	O
defined	O
in	O
a	O
terminology	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ODABA	B-Application
supports	O
typical	O
standards	O
and	O
technologies	O
for	O
object-oriented	B-Application
databases	I-Application
,	O
but	O
also	O
terminology-oriented	B-Application
database	I-Application
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ODABA	B-Application
also	O
behaves	O
like	O
an	O
object	B-General_Concept
–	I-General_Concept
relational	I-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
management	O
system	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
ODABA	B-Application
supports	O
active	O
data	O
link	O
(	O
ADL	O
)	O
and	O
provides	O
an	O
ADL-based	O
GUI	B-Application
frame	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Database	O
access	O
is	O
supported	O
via	O
an	O
application	B-Application
program	I-Application
interface	I-Application
for	O
C++	B-Language
or	O
.NET	O
programming	O
languages	O
and	O
via	O
the	O
ODABA	B-Application
Script	O
Interface	O
(	O
OSI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Object	O
Definition	O
Language	O
(	O
ODL	O
)	O
and	O
Object	B-Language
Query	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
OQL	B-Language
)	O
provided	O
with	O
OSI	O
are	O
ODMG	O
3.0	O
conform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beside	O
standard	O
models	O
(	O
object	B-Application
model	I-Application
,	O
functional	O
model	O
and	O
dynamic	O
model	O
)	O
,	O
ODABA	B-Application
supports	O
a	O
documentation	O
model	O
and	O
an	O
administration	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
be	O
terminology	O
model	O
compliant	O
,	O
several	O
conceptual	O
extensions	O
are	O
supported	O
as	O
set	O
relations	O
,	O
multilingual	O
attributes	O
,	O
weak-typed	O
collections	O
or	O
hierarchical	O
enumerations	B-Language
(	O
classifications	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ODABA	B-Application
supports	O
semi-automatic	O
conversion	O
from	O
terminology	O
models	O
to	O
object	B-Application
models	I-Application
and	O
schema	O
conversion	O
from	O
object	B-Application
model	I-Application
to	O
relational	B-Architecture
models	I-Architecture
(	O
MS	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
)	O
which	O
allows	O
storing	O
or	O
mirroring	O
ODABA	B-Application
data	O
in	O
relational	B-Application
databases	I-Application
or	O
in	O
XML	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
