DIRECT: A Query Facility for Multiple Databases
Summary: DIRECT provides a uniform UI to query heterogeneous DBs without a global schema, aligning semantically equivalent data. A browser of data schemas and a direct-manipulation editor let users pick needed data and form cross-database queries via semantic models. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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- 1. Ulla Merz
- 2. Roger King
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