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The introduction of user-assisting features into database systems is discussed along two stages. The first stageinvolves a basic facility that can be used with standard database systems, whereas in the second stage such features are expanded in order to cope with object-oriented systems, adopting semantically richer data models. Examples involving categorization and role-specialization semantichierarchiesillustratethediscussion.Aclass/metaclassarchitecture, suchas that of the VODAK database system, and an algebraic view of query processing are shown to be particularly suitable to design and implement user assistance on the database schema level.
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Aberer, K., Klas, W., Furtado, A.L. (1994). Designing a user-oriented query modification facility in object-oriented database systems. In: Wijers, G., Brinkkemper, S., Wasserman, T. (eds) Advanced Information Systems Engineering. CAiSE 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 811. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58113-8_184
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