ISIS: Interface for a Semantic Information System
Summary: Experimental graphical DB system built on a simple high-level semantic model. Unifies construction/modification, schema/data browsing, and a graphical query language in one GUI with uniform visual representations, enabling expert research and intuitive use for non-experts. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. Kenneth J Goldman (Brown University)
- 2. Paris C Kanellakis (Brown University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- 3. Sally A Goldman (Brown University)
- 4. Stanley B Zdonik (Brown University)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{goldman_sigmod85,
title = {{ISIS: Interface for a Semantic Information System}},
author = {Goldman, Kenneth J and Kanellakis, Paris C and Goldman, Sally A and Zdonik, Stanley B},
series = {{SIGMOD} '85},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/318898.318933},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/318898.318933},
year = {1985}
}Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 7 of 7 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,435 | OdeView: The Graphical Interface to Ode | 1990 | SIGMOD | 8.4721716e-05 |
| 6,094 | Pasta-3's Graphical Query Language: Direct Manipulation, Cooperative Queries, Full Expressive Power | 1989 | VLDB | 5.888938e-05 |
| 6,164 | A Graph-Oriented Object Model for Database End-User Interfaces | 1990 | SIGMOD | 5.86403e-05 |
| 6,373 | SIM: A Database System Based on the Semantic Data Model | 1988 | SIGMOD | 5.8092399e-05 |
| 6,671 | FaceKit: A Database Interface Design Toolkit | 1989 | VLDB | 5.7141663e-05 |
| 8,468 | Dynamic Derivation of Personalized Views | 1988 | VLDB | 5.3350162e-05 |
| 8,732 | Freeform: A User-Adaptable Form Management System | 1987 | VLDB | 5.2905577e-05 |
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 7 of 7 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Extending the Data Base Relational Model to Capture More Meaning | 1979 | SIGMOD | 0.00075944947 |
| 16 | The Functional Data Model and the Data Language DAPLEX | 1979 | SIGMOD | 0.00059996338 |
| 144 | A Language Facility for Designing Interactive Database-Intensive Applications | 1978 | SIGMOD | 0.00029097107 |
| 434 | The Format Model: A Theory of Database Organization (extended abstract) | 1982 | PODS | 0.00018328281 |
| 720 | TIMBER: A Sophisticated Relation Browser | 1982 | VLDB | 0.00014528145 |
| 1,295 | An Entity-based Database User Interface | 1980 | SIGMOD | 0.00011139704 |
| 4,344 | Lessons from a "Living In a Database" Graphical Query Interface | 1984 | SIGMOD | 6.6495205e-05 |
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