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| Tiziana Catarci, Shi-Kuo Chang, Maria F. Costabile, Stefano Levialdi, Giuseppe Santucci, "A Graph-Based Framework for Multiparadigmatic Visual Access to Databases," IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 455-475, June, 1996. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/69.506712, author = {Tiziana Catarci and Shi-Kuo Chang and Maria F. Costabile and Stefano Levialdi and Giuseppe Santucci}, title = {A Graph-Based Framework for Multiparadigmatic Visual Access to Databases}, journal ={IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering}, volume = {8}, number = {3}, issn = {1041-4347}, year = {1996}, pages = {455-475}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/69.506712}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - JOUR JO - IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering TI - A Graph-Based Framework for Multiparadigmatic Visual Access to Databases IS - 3 SN - 1041-4347 SP455 EP475 EPD - 455-475 A1 - Tiziana Catarci, A1 - Shi-Kuo Chang, A1 - Maria F. Costabile, A1 - Stefano Levialdi, A1 - Giuseppe Santucci, PY - 1996 KW - Visual query system KW - multiparadigmatic interaction KW - user model KW - adaptive visual interface KW - graph-based data model KW - heterogeneous databases. VL - 8 JA - IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering ER - | |||
Abstract—We describe an approach for multiparadigmatic visual access to databases, which is proposed to achieve seamless integration of different interaction paradigms. The user is provided with an adaptive interface augmented by a user model, supporting different visual representations of both data and queries. The visual representations are characterized on the basis of the chosen visual formalisms, namely forms, diagrams, and icons. To access different databases, a unified data model, the Graph Model, is used as a common underlying formalism to which databases, expressed in the most popular data models, can be mapped. Graph Model databases are queried through the adaptive interface. The semantics of the query operations is formally defined in terms of graphical primitives. Such a formal approach permits us to define the concept of "atomic query," which is the minimal portion of a query that can be transferred from one interaction paradigm to another and processed by the system. Since certain interaction modalities and visual representations are more suitable for certain user classes, the system can suggest to the user the most appropriate interaction modality as well as the visual representation, according to the user model. Some results on user model construction are presented.
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