Title :
The card-box metaphor for human spatial database communication
Author :
Ju, Shi-Guang ; Chapa, Sergio V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Jiangsu Univ. of Sci. & Technol., China
Abstract :
This paper proposes a card query language (CQL) which allows the end user to retrieve visually entities in a spatial database by means of a card-box metaphor. The semantics of an end user query is expressed by a combination of cards. For manipulating the representation of query results, we offer various modes: graphical, text and temporary object or all at the same time
Keywords :
graphical user interfaces; query languages; query processing; visual databases; visual languages; CQL; card query language; card-box metaphor; end user query; graphical interface; human spatial database communication; programming environment; temporary object; text interface; visual retrieval; visualization; Computer science; Database languages; Database systems; Humans; Information retrieval; Petroleum; Programming environments; Spatial databases; Visual databases; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1997. 10 Years PACRIM 1987-1997 - Networking the Pacific Rim. 1997 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3905-3
DOI :
10.1109/PACRIM.1997.620350
