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Kaleidoscape is a three dimensional (3D) implementation of a data-flow oriented visual query language, which has been implemented in 3D to examine the advantages and disadvantages of such an interface paradigm over current WIMP GUIs. This paper describes a version of Kaleidoscape that allows the user to construct queries from within a 3D environment. These queries are then translated into the ODMG standard textual query language OQL for evaluation, the results of which can be viewed and browsed from within the Kaleidoscape environment.
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Murray, N., Goble, C., Paton, N. (1998). Kaleidoscape: A 3D Environment for Querying ODMG Compliant Databases. In: Ioannidis, Y., Klas, W. (eds) Visual Database Systems 4 (VDB4). VDB 1998. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35372-2_5
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