Year: 1984
Type: article
Abstract: The form has become an important abstraction for data management in an office application environment.Structured office forms present data to users in an easily understood and easily manipulated manner.In this paper we classify forms systems in terms of three dimensions: data structuring, user interfaces, and programming interfaces.Current forms systems are analyzed under these dimensions.We have designed a comprehensive forms management system, FORMANAGER, that includes facilities for form specification, form processing, and form control.The system transforms data from a relational database into a hierarchical data structure which defines the form.The design and algorithms for implementation of the system are described, and future extensions to enhance the capabilities of forms systems are proposed.
DOI: 10.1145/1206.357413
Authors: S. Bing Yao, Alan R. Hevner, Zhongzhi Shi, Dawei Luo
Institution: University of Maryland, College Park
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2016879718