NeXTSTEP 3.0 with Enterprise Objects Framework (EOF)

NeXTSTEP 3.0 was released, which included the groundbreaking Enterprise Objects Framework (EOF), a direct precursor to Core Data, providing a powerful object-relational mapping solution.

Significance

EOF laid the fundamental conceptual and architectural groundwork for what would become Core Data, demonstrating the viability and power of object-graph management for data persistence.