TIMBER: A Sophisticated Relation Browser

Summary: TIMBER is a multimodal relation browser combining fixed-format tables with icons, maps, and text. It examines the database extensions needed to support browsing and integrating these heterogeneous representations. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)

Paper ID: 7724
Venue: VLDB
Year: 1982
Pagerank: 0.0001485124
Overall Rank: 703 | 95.18%
DOI: -

Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time

Authors

1. Michael Stonebraker (University of California Berkeley)
2. Joseph Kalash (University of California Berkeley)

BibTeX Citation

@article{stonebraker_vldb82,
        title = {{TIMBER: A Sophisticated Relation Browser}},
        author = {Stonebraker, Michael and Kalash, Joseph},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '82},
        year = {1982}
}

Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 14 of 14 citing papers.

Rank	Citing Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
48	DataGuides: Enabling Query Formulation and Optimization in Semistructured Databases	1997	VLDB	0.00044033592
598	Active Databases as a Paradigm for Enhanced Computing Environments	1983	VLDB	0.00015910777
1,198	Overview of Data Exploration Techniques	2015	SIGMOD	0.00011706307
2,210	PESTO: An Integrated Query/Browser for Object Databases	1996	VLDB	8.9427694e-05
2,480	Database Portals: A New Application Program Interface	1984	VLDB	8.5201824e-05
2,483	ISIS: Interface for a Semantic Information System	1985	SIGMOD	8.5177061e-05
3,138	"Fill-in-the-Form" Programming	1985	VLDB	7.7191822e-05
3,930	Data Canopy: Accelerating Exploratory Statistical Analysis	2017	SIGMOD	7.0102082e-05
3,980	Remotely-Sensed Geophysical Databases: Experience and Implications for Generalized DBMSs	1983	SIGMOD	6.9752983e-05
4,257	Lessons from a "Living In a Database" Graphical Query Interface	1984	SIGMOD	6.8017742e-05
5,147	Ski: A Semantics-Knowledgeable Interface	1984	VLDB	6.3467506e-05
6,347	The Multipurpose Presentation System	1983	VLDB	5.9055116e-05
13,225	NetBook - A Data Model to Support Knowledge Exploration	1985	VLDB	5.093636e-05
13,238	A Personal Data Manager	1984	VLDB	5.093636e-05

Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 4 of 4 cited papers.

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

Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
1,275	An Entity-based Database User Interface	1980	SIGMOD	0.00011372804
3,183	A Form Application Development System	1982	SIGMOD	7.6587135e-05
4,233	Embedding Expert Knowledge and Hypothetical Data Bases into a Data Base System	1980	SIGMOD	6.8175725e-05
4,663	The Cedar DBMS: A Preliminary Report	1981	SIGMOD	6.57876e-05

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