The Schema-Independent Database UI: A Proposed Holy Grail and Some Suggestions
Summary: Proposes a schema-independent graphical UI to let non-experts create, manage, and query relational databases with spreadsheet-like ease, replacing bespoke schema-dependent front ends. Sketches research directions for visual query languages and UI abstractions to bridge spreadsheets and RDBMS. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Eirik Bakke (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- 2. Edward Benson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{bakke_cidr11,
address = {Amsterdam, Netherlands},
series = {{CIDR} '11},
title = {{The Schema-Independent Database UI: A Proposed Holy Grail and Some Suggestions}},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {Conference} on {Innovative} {Data} {Systems} {Research}},
author = {Bakke, Eirik and Benson, Edward},
year = {2011}
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| 4,046 | Expressive Query Construction through Direct Manipulation of Nested Relational Results | 2016 | SIGMOD | 6.8325379e-05 |
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| 4,073 | WYSIWYG Development of Data Driven Web Applications | 2008 | VLDB | 6.8200839e-05 |
| 6,222 | Do-It-Yourself Database-Driven Web Applications | 2009 | CIDR | 5.8457862e-05 |
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