Forms Approach to Requirements Specification for Database Design
Summary: Forms-oriented requirements specification facility for database design captures both process and data use in structured forms. Provides concise, machine-manipulable representations of constraints and needs, enabling user–designer collaboration and accessibility for non-experts. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. Nan C. Shu (IBM)
- 2. Harry K. T. Wong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
- 3. Vincent Y. Lum (IBM)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{shu_sigmod83,
title = {{Forms Approach to Requirements Specification for Database Design}},
author = {Shu, Nan C. and Wong, Harry K. T. and Lum, Vincent Y.},
series = {{SIGMOD} '83},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/582192.582219},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/582192.582219},
year = {1983}
}
Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13,161 | Management of Complex Objects as Dynamic Forms | 1988 | VLDB | 5.093636e-05 |
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 1 of 1 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,391 | CONVERT: A High Level Translation Definition Language for Data Conversion | 1975 | SIGMOD | 0.00010939268 |
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