Specification-Based Computing Environments

Summary: Shifts from programming to specification languages to shape data-management computing environments. Five built-in freedoms—Search, Coordination, Automation, Evolution, Inter-User Interactions—delivered without programming, forming the conceptual and practical basis of the environment. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 7560
Venue: VLDB
Year: 1982
Pagerank: 7.8012959e-05
Overall Rank: 3,110 | 78.39%
DOI: -

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Rank	Citing Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
578	Active Databases as a Paradigm for Enhanced Computing Environments	1983	VLDB	0.00016327015
2,962	CONSTRAINT EQUATIONS: Declarative Expression of Constraints With Automatic Enforcement	1984	VLDB	7.9685571e-05

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