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Chen, Ching-chih; And Others – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1988
Describes the new concept of HYPERBASE and its relationship to classical hypermedia; a multimedia database retrieval system (SOPHIADOC) and its features in relation to the HYPERBASE concept; and an experimental use of SOPHIADOC to organize and scroll selected images on the "First Emperor of China" videodisk. Fifteen project publications…
Descriptors: Database Design, Documentation, Graphs, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedWarner, Amy; Wenzel, Patrick H. – Special Libraries, 1989
Discusses various categories of software that can be applied to the development of in-house databases on microcomputers, and describes the use of a general purpose package with a procedural language to design a small indexing system called Revelation. The description covers data storage and maintenance, database design, file searching, and system…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Data Processing, Database Design, Database Management Systems
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
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
Lundeen, Gerald – Database, 1989
Discusses the special characteristics of personal file management software and compares four microcomputer software packages: Notebook II with Bibliography and Convert, Pro-Cite with Biblio-Links, askSam, and Reference Manager. Each package is evaluated in terms of the user interface, file maintenance, retrieval capabilities, output, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Reviews, Database Design, Database Management Systems
Peer reviewedShen, Stewart N. T. – Library Software Review, 1989
Briefly describes some available database design tools and provides a detailed description and evaluation of the ER-Design Package, a sophisticated and comprehensive tool available on microcomputer. Some of the ER-Design functions evaluated include the main design module, diagram generation, conversion to relational schema, normalization of files,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Database Design
