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Automating Relational Database Design for Microcomputer Users.
Pu, Hao-Che – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1991
Discusses issues involved in automating the relational database design process for microcomputer users and presents a prototype of a microcomputer-based system (RA, Relation Assistant) that is based on expert systems technology and helps avoid database maintenance problems. Relational database design is explained and the importance of easy input…
Descriptors: Database Design, Database Management Systems, Expert Systems, Microcomputers
The Large Data Construct: A New Frontier in Database Design.
Arnold, Stephen E. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1990
Discusses the development of multiobject databases called large data constructs (LDC), which may contain images and recorded or synthesized voice as well as text. Virtual reality and cyberspace are discussed, selectivity and database content are examined, database management systems are described, and retrieval options are reviewed. (three…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Data Collection, Database Design, Database Management Systems
Database Management: Building, Changing and Using Databases. Collected Papers and Abstracts of the Mid-Year Meeting of the American Society for Information Science (15th, Portland, Oregon, May 1986).
American Society for Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1986
This document contains abstracts of papers on database design and management which were presented at the 1986 mid-year meeting of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS). Topics considered include: knowledge representation in a bilingual art history database; proprietary database design; relational database design; in-house databases;…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Database Design, Database Management Systems, Databases
Expert Systems for Libraries at SCIL [Small Computers in Libraries]'88.
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Kochtanek, Thomas R.; And Others – Library Software Review, 1988
Six brief papers on expert systems for libraries cover (1) a knowledge-based approach to database design; (2) getting started in expert systems; (3) using public domain software to develop a business reference system; (4) a music cataloging inquiry system; (5) linguistic analysis of reference transactions; and (6) a model of a reference librarian.…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cataloging, Computer Software, Database Design
Teaching Information Professionals about Database Design.
Eddison, Betty – Database, 1990
Discusses the need for information science schools to prepare graduates for computer use and database design, and reports the findings of a survey of schools that examined the extent to which such courses are taught and the content of those courses. Questions and suggestions about the teaching of database design are also discussed. (four…
Descriptors: Course Content, Database Design, Educational Needs, Employment Qualifications
Client-Server: What Is It and Are We There Yet?
Gershenfeld, Nancy – Online, 1995
Discusses client-server architecture in dumb terminals, personal computers, local area networks, and graphical user interfaces. Focuses on functions offered by client personal computers: individualized environments; flexibility in running operating systems; advanced operating system features; multiuser environments; and centralized data…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Interfaces, Computer Networks, Computer Software