OgDesk:an orthogonal graphical interface for object-oriented database systems that supports schema management, browsing and querying

This paper reports on a graphical interface, OgDesk, for object-oriented database systems (OODBs). It orthogonally supports the activities of • Browsing types and instances • Creating and maintaining instances • Creating, using and programming with graphical representations of single type queries • Creation, maintenance and evolution of the schema