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ISMB
1998
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Advanced Query Mechanisms for Biological Databases
Existing query interfaces for biological databases are either based on fixed forms or textual query languages. Users of a fixed form-based query interface are limited to performin...
I-Min A. Chen, Anthony Kosky, Victor M. Markowitz,...
VLDB
1989
ACM
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13 years 8 months ago
Pasta-3's Graphical Query Language: Direct Manipulation, Cooperative Queries, Full Expressive Power
Graphical Direct Manipulation (GrDM) query languagesare characterized and positioned with respect to traditional textual query languages. After a brief survey of the current state...
Michel Kuntz, Rainer Melchert
UIST
1998
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Graphical Query Specification and Dynamic Result Previews for a Digital Library
Textual query languages based on Boolean logic are common amongst the search facilities of on-line information repositories. However, there is evidence to suggest that the syntact...
Steve Jones