TopLink's Inception

The Object People begin developing TopLink, a pioneering object-relational mapping (ORM) framework, initially for Smalltalk applications to address the object-relational impedance mismatch.

Significance

Laid the foundational technical principles and architecture that would later evolve into EclipseLink, proving the viability of sophisticated ORM.

Key facts

Year
1990
Type
invention
Location
Ottawa, Canada (The Object People)