SIQL: Simple Interactive Query Language

The purpose of this document is two-fold. First, it describes a new, conceptually simplified, interface to facilitate database management. Then, it explores that application’s architecture, implementation, criteria for evaluation, and future items for consideration. This simplified interface provides a method for non-databasesavvy users to manage simple, yet practical databases that can serve various purposes. Use cases range from a graduate biology student maintaining a database of the sources for their thesis, to a store owner who needs to maintain a database to manage an archive of retail orders. 1