Building a user-interface for the O-Raid database system using the Suite system

Author

Nixon, Teresa L. ; Lubenow, Kara ; Srinivasan, Jagannathan ; Dewan, Prasun ; Bhargava, Bharat

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

15-18 Jun 1992

Firstpage

248

Lastpage

257

Abstract

O-UI, the graphic interface to the O-Raid distributed object-oriented database system, supports access and direct manipulation of relations and objects. Since O-Raid supports a hybrid object-relation data model, an evolutionary approach to design was required. The use of Suite user interface construction tool led to rapid prototyping of the interface, which allowed the authors to experiment with the interface itself, leading to modifications and refinements to the initial design. They describe how O-UI was engineered using Suite, present their experiences, and discuss the related software integration issues

Keywords

distributed databases; graphical user interfaces; object-oriented databases; software tools; user interface management systems; O-Raid distributed object-oriented database system; O-UI; Suite user interface construction tool; direct manipulation; evolutionary approach; graphic interface; hybrid object-relation data model; rapid prototyping; software integration issues; Application software; Buildings; Computer interfaces; Data models; Database systems; Displays; Operating systems; Relational databases; Software prototyping; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems Integration, 1992. ICSI '92., Proceedings of the Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Morristown, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2697-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSI.1992.217296

Filename

217296