Interfaces to Database Systems (IDS94): Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Interfaces to Database Systems, Lancaster University, 13-15 July 1994

A brief survey of the major DBMS and HeI conference proceedings over the past 10 years will reveal isolated pockets of research in database user interfaces but little sense of being swept along with the general advances in DBMS technology and Hel. New data models have evolved to meet the needs of different application domains; persistent programming languages are blurring the traditional distinction between data definition and application programming languages; distribution and inter-operab...