Generating Web Query Interfaces Based on Conceptual Schemas
Jo De Greef, Olga De Troyer · 2001
Databases contain vast amounts of data. Retrieving specific information from a large and complex database is not always trivial, especially for novice and non-technical users. When information from databases is made available on the Internet, typically, users will be even more unfamiliar with the database structure. Therefore, it is very important to create a user interface that `guides' the user through the database structure. It is important this query interface remains powerful while being easy to use at the same time. More experienced users should not be limited in their possibilities by the user interface. Most of the time