Pasta-3's Graphical Query Language: Direct Manipulation, Cooperative Queries, Full Expressive Power
Summary: Pasta-3 introduces a Graphical Direct Manipulation language with click-drag editing of iconic expressions. Cooperative editing with path completion and edit-then-reevaluate loops, plus recursion, variables, subqueries, and Prolog integration in GrDM. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. Michel Kuntz (European Computer-Industry Research Center)
- 2. Rainer Melchert (European Computer-Industry Research Center)
BibTeX Citation
@article{kuntz_vldb89,
title = {{Pasta-3's Graphical Query Language: Direct Manipulation, Cooperative Queries, Full Expressive Power}},
author = {Kuntz, Michel and Melchert, Rainer},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '89},
pages = {97},
year = {1989}
}Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 2 of 2 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,210 | PESTO: An Integrated Query/Browser for Object Databases | 1996 | VLDB | 8.9427694e-05 |
| 2,380 | OdeView: The Graphical Interface to Ode | 1990 | SIGMOD | 8.6609083e-05 |
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 6 of 6 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 312 | A Graphical Query Language Supporting Recursion | 1987 | SIGMOD | 0.00021733819 |
| 1,412 | GUIDE: Graphical User Interface for Database Exploration | 1982 | VLDB | 0.00010849986 |
| 2,483 | ISIS: Interface for a Semantic Information System | 1985 | SIGMOD | 8.5177061e-05 |
| 5,147 | Ski: A Semantics-Knowledgeable Interface | 1984 | VLDB | 6.3467506e-05 |
| 6,849 | Towards a Spatial Query Language: User Interface Considerations | 1988 | VLDB | 5.7547607e-05 |
| 14,415 | Pasta-3: A Graphical Direct Manipulation Interface for Knowledge Base Management Systems | 1990 | SIGMOD | - |
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