Interfaces to Database Systems (Ids92): Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Interfaces to Database Systems, Glasgow, 1-3 July 1992

ISBN-13: 9783540198024 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 468 str.

Richard Cooper

Opis

This volume contains revised papers initially presented at the 1st International Workshop on Interfaces to Database Systems, held in Glasgow in July 1992. The contributors discuss the production of interfaces tailored to particular applications and more general systems.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Interaction Between DBMS and User Interface Research.- Interfaces to OODBS I.- An Interactive System for Object-Oriented Database Design.- Object-Oriented Database Systems: A Framework for User Interface Development.- Multi Modal Interfaces.- The Problems of Integrating Interfaces to Publicly Available Databases.- An Integrated Approach to Task-Oriented Database Retrieval Interfaces.- Design and Implementation of a Graphical SQL with Generic Capabilities.- Visualisation, Multimedia and Versions.- GRADI: A Graphical Database Interface for a Multimedia DBMS.- Beyond Icons: Towards New Metaphors for Visual Query Languages for Spatial Information Systems.- A Browser for a Versioned Entity-Relationship Database.- Techniques of Interface Generation.- A Visual Database Management Interface Based on GOOD.- Automatic Derivation of Graphical Human-Machine Interfaces for Databases.- A Graphical Interface to a Complex-Object Database Management System.- Applications.- Database Query Interface for Medical Information Systems.- Using a Persistent System to Construct a Customised Interface to an Ecological Database.- Cognitive View Mechanism for Content-Based Multimedia Information Retrieval.- Interfaces to OODBS II.- An Extensible Interface to an Extensible Object-Oriented Database System.- A Graphical Schema Representation for Object-Oriented Databases.- Supporting a Variety of Data Models.- Data Model and Query Algebra for a Model-Based, Multi-Modal User Interface.- Reconfigurable User Interfaces for Databases.- An Extensible Graphical Programming Environment for Semantic Modelling.- Modelling the User.- A Framework for Intelligent Visual Interface Design for Database Systems.- MEDUSA — A Multimodal Database User Interface and Framework Supporting User Learning and User Interface Evaluation.- A Conceptual Framework for Error Analysis in SQL Interfaces.- HCI Issues.- The Experiences of New Users of a Natural Language Interface to a Relational Database in a Controlled Setting.- HCI and Database Work: Reciprocal Relevance and Challenges.- Author Index.