\begin{frame} \frametitle{Object Relational Mapping} \begin{alertblock}{Database schemas (tables) are not always ideal} \begin{itemize} %\item New applications on top of existing schemas \item not the same set of constructs and abstractions \item in programming languages: objects, relations, inheritance \end{itemize} \end{alertblock} \bigskip \begin{goal}{In applications we would like to work with} \begin{itemize} \item objects / entities \item inheritance \item relations \end{itemize} \end{goal} \end{frame}