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ER-based Information Retrieval in a mixed database environment

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Entity-Relationship Approach — ER '93 (ER 1993)

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This paper presents an integrated Four Tools approach to providing an ER-based Information Retrieval Interface for mixed database environments, including relational, text, and picture databases. The Four Tools supports several types of interaction, formalised querying, exploratory ad-hoc browsing, schema navigation, and entity inspection. A combination of ER-models and hypermedia is applied in order to support exploratory searches following hyperlinks, yet maintaining orientation in the information space using the ER-model. The paper shows how previous research on ER-based Query Interfaces can be extended to the field of multimedia databases.

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  1. Swedish Institute for Systems Development, Electrum 212, S - 164 40, Kista, Sweden

    Peter Rosengren, Ulf Wingstedt, Marie Bern & Peeter Kool

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Rosengren, P., Wingstedt, U., Bern, M., Kool, P. (1994). ER-based Information Retrieval in a mixed database environment. In: Elmasri, R.A., Kouramajian, V., Thalheim, B. (eds) Entity-Relationship Approach — ER '93. ER 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 823. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0024385

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