Lessons from a "Living In a Database" Graphical Query Interface.

Dennis Fogg: Lessons from a "Living In a Database" Graphical Query Interface. SIGMOD Conference 1984: 100-106

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/sigmod/Fogg84,
  author    = {Dennis Fogg},
  editor    = {Beatrice Yormark},
  title     = {Lessons from a "Living In a Database" Graphical Query Interface},
  booktitle = {SIGMOD'84, Proceedings of Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts,
               June 18-21, 1984},
  publisher = {ACM Press},
  year      = {1984},
  pages     = {100-106},
  ee        = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/602259.602273, db/conf/sigmod/Fogg84.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/sigmod/84},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Abstract

The Living In a Database system (LID) is a user-friendly interface to an entity-relationship database. Its underlying ideas are similar to Cattell's PDB [Cattell 80], but its presentation is significantly different. LID uses a bit-mapped graphics terminal with mouse pointer to create an attractive interaction environment. Experience from the implementation suggests that dynamic graphic displays - those which have graphic symbols that change as the data they present change - are an important feature in user interfaces but are difficult to implement with current technology. The implementation also uncovers an important inadequacy in the PDB/LID idea: the inability to operate on sets of data instances in the same way as individual data instances. An extension to LID is suggested to alleviate the problem.

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