ISIS: Interface for a Semantic Information System

Summary: Experimental graphical DB system built on a simple high-level semantic model. Unifies construction/modification, schema/data browsing, and a graphical query language in one GUI with uniform visual representations, enabling expert research and intuitive use for non-experts. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 2347
Venue: SIGMOD
Year: 1985
Pagerank: 8.5177061e-05
Overall Rank: 2,483 | 82.97%
DOI: 10.1145/318898.318933

Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time

Authors

1. Kenneth J Goldman (Brown University)
2. Paris C Kanellakis (Brown University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
3. Sally A Goldman (Brown University)
4. Stanley B Zdonik (Brown University)

BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{goldman_sigmod85,
        title = {{ISIS: Interface for a Semantic Information System}},
        author = {Goldman, Kenneth J and Kanellakis, Paris C and Goldman, Sally A and Zdonik, Stanley B},
        series = {{SIGMOD} '85},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
        publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
        doi = {10.1145/318898.318933},
        url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/318898.318933},
        year = {1985}
}

Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 7 of 7 citing papers.

Rank	Citing Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
2,380	OdeView: The Graphical Interface to Ode	1990	SIGMOD	8.6609083e-05
5,973	Pasta-3's Graphical Query Language: Direct Manipulation, Cooperative Queries, Full Expressive Power	1989	VLDB	6.0235019e-05
6,063	A Graph-Oriented Object Model for Database End-User Interfaces	1990	SIGMOD	5.9899728e-05
6,243	SIM: A Database System Based on the Semantic Data Model	1988	SIGMOD	5.9425753e-05
6,546	FaceKit: A Database Interface Design Toolkit	1989	VLDB	5.8450336e-05
8,300	Dynamic Derivation of Personalized Views	1988	VLDB	5.4574671e-05
8,565	Freeform: A User-Adaptable Form Management System	1987	VLDB	5.4119882e-05

Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 7 of 7 cited papers.

Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
10	Extending the Data Base Relational Model to Capture More Meaning	1979	SIGMOD	0.0007727299
15	The Functional Data Model and the Data Language DAPLEX	1979	SIGMOD	0.00061144858
139	A Language Facility for Designing Interactive Database-Intensive Applications	1978	SIGMOD	0.00029742792
421	The Format Model: A Theory of Database Organization (extended abstract)	1982	PODS	0.00018742219
703	TIMBER: A Sophisticated Relation Browser	1982	VLDB	0.0001485124
1,275	An Entity-based Database User Interface	1980	SIGMOD	0.00011372804
4,257	Lessons from a "Living In a Database" Graphical Query Interface	1984	SIGMOD	6.8017742e-05

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