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ER 1995: OOER '95: Object-Oriented and Entity-Relationship Modeling pp 388–399Cite as

A graphical query language for temporal databases

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This paper addresses the issue of visual query formulation for temporal databases. We introduce a number of visual constructs that allow users to build queries in a modular fashion based on a temporal Extended Entity-Relationship Model. These constructs are: Temporal projection, temporal selection, time links, filtering and set operators, and temporal aggregates.

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  1. Knight-Ridder Information, Inc., 2440 El Camino Real, 94040, Mountain View, CA

    Vram Kouramajian

  2. Institut für Informatik, Universität Hannover, D-30159, Hannover, Germany

    Michael Gertz

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Kouramajian, V., Gertz, M. (1995). A graphical query language for temporal databases. In: Papazoglou, M.P. (eds) OOER '95: Object-Oriented and Entity-Relationship Modeling. ER 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1021. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0020549

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