The Multipurpose Presentation System
Summary: Unifies relational storage, graphics, and AI object-oriented knowledge representation in a user-oriented presentation system. Shared abstract objects support high-level application/UI manipulation of data, layouts, windows, and displays while cleanly separating concerns. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. Gerald A. Wilson (Advanced Information and Decision Systems)
- 2. Eric A. Domeshek (Advanced Information and Decision Systems)
- 3. Ellen L. Drascher (Advanced Information and Decision Systems)
- 4. Jeffrey S. Dean (Advanced Information and Decision Systems)
BibTeX Citation
@article{wilson_vldb83,
title = {{The Multipurpose Presentation System}},
author = {Wilson, Gerald A. and Domeshek, Eric A. and Drascher, Ellen L. and Dean, Jeffrey S.},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '83},
year = {1983}
}Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 2 of 2 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,147 | Ski: A Semantics-Knowledgeable Interface | 1984 | VLDB | 6.3467506e-05 |
| 13,198 | A Rule-Based Object/Task Modelling Approach | 1986 | SIGMOD | 5.093636e-05 |
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 2 of 2 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 703 | TIMBER: A Sophisticated Relation Browser | 1982 | VLDB | 0.0001485124 |
| 1,412 | GUIDE: Graphical User Interface for Database Exploration | 1982 | VLDB | 0.00010849986 |
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Semantically Similar Papers
| # | Overall Rank | Paper | Year | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,289 | An Object-Oriented Approach to Multimedia Databases | 1986 | SIGMOD |
| 2 | 14,456 | PANEL: User Interfaces and Database Management Systems | 1986 | SIGMOD |
| 3 | 12,972 | Facilitating Multimedia Database Exploration through Visual Interfaces and Perpetual Query Reformulations | 1997 | VLDB |
| 4 | 598 | Active Databases as a Paradigm for Enhanced Computing Environments | 1983 | VLDB |
| 5 | 12,359 | The Schema-Independent Database UI: A Proposed Holy Grail and Some Suggestions | 2011 | CIDR |
| 6 | 14,474 | A Knowledge-Based Approach to Data Management for Intelligent User Interfaces | 1985 | VLDB |
| 7 | 14,481 | Database Support for Interactive Computer Graphics | 1984 | SIGMOD |
| 8 | 14,123 | A Multimedia Presentation Algebra | 1999 | SIGMOD |
| 9 | 1,275 | An Entity-based Database User Interface | 1980 | SIGMOD |
| 10 | 8,300 | Dynamic Derivation of Personalized Views | 1988 | VLDB |