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This paper describes a generic metadatabase model to enable efficient browsing of structured databases by remote users in the World Wide Web environment. Existing Web-database interfaces rely on the premise that users know the database schema, and that they posses enough knowledge of the context of a schema for the correct interpretation of database semantics and query results. We propose a framework consisting of data structures, mechanisms and tools for representing a more complete description of database schemata. The Generic Meta-database (GeM) model is capable of storing, as metadata, information about databases designed using most of the popular data modelling techniques. WeBUSE (Web-Based Uniform Schema-browsing Environment) is a suite of tools which enable remote users to browse the augmented database schemata using conventional Web browsers.
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Sivadas, M., Fernandez, G. (1998). GeM and WeBUSE: Towards a WWW-database interface. In: Conen, W., Neumann, G. (eds) Coordination Technology for Collaborative Applications. ASIAN 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1364. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0027108
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