Title :
A user-friendly interface for mainframe
Author :
Cabral, Mauro Sergio S ; Figueredo, Luiz Antonio G A
Author_Institution :
IBGE Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
SIDRA II System was developed to provide on-line access to aggregate data resulted from all censuses and surveys produced by IBGE, as National Statistical System Coordinator in Brazil. The main goal was to have a user-friendly interface and provide dense information (data and metadata), as well as facilities for data retrieval based on a mainframe environment
Keywords :
factographic databases; user interfaces; Brazil; IBGE; National Statistical System Coordinator; SIDRA II; censuses; data; data retrieval; dense information; mainframe environment; metadata; on-line access; surveys; user-friendly interface; Aggregates; Data models; Demography; Dictionaries; Environmental economics; Information retrieval; Measurement units; Navigation; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Scientific and Statistical Database Management, 1994. Proceedings., Seventh International Working Conference on
Conference_Location :
Charlottesville, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6610-2
DOI :
10.1109/SSDM.1994.336940
