Cochrane, Roberta J.Our research evolves around the specification and implementation of the Operational Relational Model, (ORM), a model based on Update Dependencies [MARK11]. The intension and extension dimensions are explored through the construction of a self- describing system. The result, the implementation of ORM, will consist of a production system for specifying operations as an integral part of the conceptual schema of the database.en-USTechnical Report