SOPView: a visual query and object browsing environment for SOP OODBMS

Abstract

S O P V i e w is a graphical user environment f o r SOP OODBMS I. S O P V i e w supports the frame-based visual specification of object-oriented database query ele m e n t s such as target classes, projections, conditional predicates, and path expressions. SOPVaew also provides a browsing method which consists of components such as visualization structure, synchronized browsing, and intermediate reference set query in order for users t o understand and access complex reference hierarchy an object-oriented databases with ease.