The Schema-Independent Database UI: A Proposed Holy Grail and Some Suggestions
Summary: Proposes a schema-independent graphical UI to let non-experts create, manage, and query relational databases with spreadsheet-like ease, replacing bespoke schema-dependent front ends. Sketches research directions for visual query languages and UI abstractions to bridge spreadsheets and RDBMS. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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- 1. Eirik Bakke
- 2. Edward Benson
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| 4,361 | Expressive Query Construction through Direct Manipulation of Nested Relational Results | 2016 | SIGMOD | 6.2482689e-05 |
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| 2,716 | WYSIWYG Development of Data Driven Web Applications | 2008 | VLDB | 8.2381491e-05 |
| 5,456 | Do-It-Yourself Database-Driven Web Applications | 2009 | CIDR | 5.4962288e-05 |
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