A visual object-relationship query language for user-database interaction

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 103-119

  Siau, Keng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Iconic interface; Object relationship model; User database interaction; Visual query language

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

ICONIC INTERFACES; OBJECT-RELATIONSHIP MODELS; SEQUENTIAL QUERY LANGUAGES (SQL); USER-DATABASE INTERACTIONS;

QUERY LANGUAGES;

EID: 0031988438     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5853(98)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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