Visual knowledge query language as a front-end to relational systems

• Main Authors: SIAU, Keng, TAN, Kok Phuang, CHAN, Hock Chuan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1991
• Subjects: Database structures; Entity-relationship; Knowledge abstraction; Relational query languages; Relational systems; Semantic data model; Storage structures; Translation algorithms; Databases and Information Systems; Theory and Algorithms
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9595; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10595/viewcontent/Visual_knowledge_query_language_as_a_front_end_to_relational_systems.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Relational query languages like SQL and QUEL require the users to understand the complex database structure. This is a burden on end users, especially novice end users who access the database on a casual and infrequent basis. To alleviate the need to know the logical database organization, this pape...