Data models, query languages, design analysis bibliography

2005

 * Adaptive Process Management with ADEPT2. Manfred Reichert, Stefanie Rinderle, Ulrich Kreher, Peter Dadam. ICDE 2005. (demo, advanced db and data models)
 * Cost-Sensitive Reordering of Navigational Primitives. Carl-Christian Kanne, Matthias Brantner, Guido Moerkotte. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2005. (graph and tree-structured data)
 * ModelGen: Model Independent Schema Translation. Paolo Atzeni, Paolo Cappellari, Philip A. Bernstein. ICDE 2005. (demo, advanced db and data models)
 * SECONDO: An Extensible DBMS Platform for Research Prototyping and Teaching. Ralf Hartmut G&uuml;ting, Victor Teixeira de Almeida, Dirk Ansorge, Thomas Behr, Zhiming Ding, Thomas H&ouml;se, Frank Hoffmann, Markus Spiekermann, Ulrich Telle. ICDE 2005. (demo, advanced db and data models)
 * Scrutinizing Frequent Pattern Discovery Performance. Osmar R. Za&iuml;ane, Mohammad El-Hajj, Yi Li, Stella Luk. ICDE 2005. (demo, advanced db and data models)
 * Similarity Evaluation on Tree-structured Data. Rui Yang, Panos Kalnis, Anthony K. H. Tung. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2005. (graph and tree-structured data)
 * Substructure Similarity Search in Graph Databases. Xifeng Yan, Philip S. Yu, Jiawei Han. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2005. (graph and tree-structured data)

2004

 * A Multi-Purpose Implementation of Mandatory Access Control in Relational Database Management Systems. Walid Rjaibi, Paul Bird. VLDB 2004. (industrial and application, novel sql extensions)
 * Algebraic Manipulation of Scientific Datasets. Bill Howe, David Maier. VLDB 2004. (novel models)
 * An Annotation Management System for Relational Databases. Deepavali Bhagwat, Laura Chiticariu, Wang Chiew Tan, Gaurav Vijayvargiya. VLDB 2004. (novel models)
 * Multi-valued Dependencies in the Presence of Lists. Sven Hartmann, Sebastian Link. PODS 2004. (foundations of query languages)
 * On Preservation under Homomorphisms and Unions of Conjunctive Queries. Albert Atserias, Anuj Dawar, Phokion G. Kolaitis. PODS 2004. (foundations of query languages)
 * On the Decidability of Containment of Recursive Datalog Queries - Preliminary report. Piero A. Bonatti. PODS 2004. (foundations of query languages)
 * PIVOT and UNPIVOT: Optimization and Execution Strategies in an RDBMS. Conor Cunningham, Goetz Graefe, C&eacute;sar A. Galindo-Legaria. VLDB 2004. (industrial and application, novel sql extensions)
 * Processing First-Order Queries under Limited Access Patterns. Alan Nash, Bertram Lud&auml;scher. PODS 2004. (foundations of query languages)
 * Returning Modified Rows - SELECT Statements with Side Effects. Andreas Behm, Serge Rielau, Richard Swagerman. VLDB 2004. (industrial and application, novel sql extensions)
 * Symmetric Relations and Cardinality-Bounded Multisets in Database Systems. Kenneth A. Ross, Julia Stoyanovich. VLDB 2004. (novel models)

2002

 * An ebXML infrastructure implementation through UDDI registries and RosettaNet PIPs. Asuman Dogac, Yusuf Tambag, Pinar Pembecioglu, Sait Pektas, Gokce Laleci, Gokhan Kurt, Serkan Toprak, Yildiray Kabak. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2002. (industrial, beyond relational tables)
 * Coordinating backup/recovery and data consistency between database and file systems. Suparna Bhattacharya, C. Mohan, Karen Brannon, Inderpal Narang, Hui-I Hsiao, Mahadevan Subramanian. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2002. (industrial, beyond relational tables)
 * Garlic: a new flavor of federated query processing for DB2. Vanja Josifovski, Peter M. Schwarz, Laura M. Haas, Eileen Tien Lin. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2002. (industrial, beyond relational tables)

2001

 * Clio: A Semi-Automatic Tool For Schema Mapping. Mauricio A. Hern&aacute;ndez, Ren&eacute;e J. Miller, Laura M. Haas. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (demos, schemas, models and processes)
 * Data-Driven Understanding and Refinement of Schema Mappings. Ling-Ling Yan, Ren&eacute;e J. Miller, Laura M. Haas, Ronald Fagin. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (schemas and queries)
 * Fault-tolerant, Load-balancing Queries in Telegraph. Mehul A. Shah, Sirish Chandrasekaran. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (demos, schemas, models and processes)
 * Gangam - A Solution to Support Multiple Data Models, their Mappings and Maintenance. Kajal T. Claypool, Elke A. Rundensteiner, Xin Zhang, Hong Su, Harumi A. Kuno, Wang-Chien Lee, Gail Mitchell. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (demos, schemas, models and processes)
 * Materialized View and Index Selection Tool for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Sanjay Agrawal, Surajit Chaudhuri, Vivek R. Narasayya. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (demos, schemas, models and processes)
 * Minimization of Tree Pattern Queries. Sihem Amer-Yahia, SungRan Cho, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan, Divesh Srivastava. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (schemas and queries)
 * Monitoring Business Processes through Event Correlation based on Dependency Model. Asaf Adi, David Botzer, Opher Etzion, Tali Yatzkar-Haham. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (demos, schemas, models and processes)
 * Reconciling Schemas of Disparate Data Sources: A Machine-Learning Approach. AnHai Doan, Pedro Domingos, Alon Y. Halevy. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (schemas and queries)
 * Snowball: A Prototype System for Extracting Relations from Large Text Collections. Eugene Agichtein, Luis Gravano, Jeff Pavel, Viktoriya Sokolova, Aleksandr Voskoboynik. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (demos, schemas, models and processes)
 * The Prototype of the DARE System. Tiziana Catarci, Giuseppe Santucci. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (demos, schemas, models and processes)

1999

 * A Multimedia Presentation Algebra. Sibel Adali, Maria Luisa Sapino, V. S. Subrahmanian. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1999. (languages and models)
 * Belief Reasoning in MLS Deductive Databases. Hasan M. Jamil. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1999. (languages and models)
 * Querying Network Directories. H. V. Jagadish, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan, Tova Milo, Divesh Srivastava, Dimitra Vista. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1999. (languages and models)

1998

 * Generalizing Data to Provide Anonymity when Disclosing Information (Abstract). Pierangela Samarati, Latanya Sweeney. PODS 1998. (new models)
 * Massive Stochastic Testing of SQL. Donald R. Slutz. VLDB 1998. (industrial, database vendors meet complex query languages)
 * Relational Transducers for Electronic Commerce. Serge Abiteboul, Victor Vianu, Bradley S. Fordham, Yelena Yesha. PODS 1998. (new models)
 * Selectivity Estimation in Extensible Databases - A Neural Network Approach. M. Seetha Lakshmi, Shaoyu Zhou. VLDB 1998. (industrial, database vendors meet complex query languages)
 * The Drill Down Benchmark. Peter A. Boncz, Tim R&uuml;hl, Fred Kwakkel. VLDB 1998. (industrial, database vendors meet complex query languages)
 * Typed Query Languages for Databases Containing Queries. Frank Neven, Jan Van den Bussche, Dirk Van Gucht, Gottfried Vossen. PODS 1998. (new models)

1997

 * Designing the Reengineering Services for the DOK Federated Database System. Zahir Tari, John Stokes. ICDE 1997. (data modeling)
 * Modeling Business Rules with Situation/Activation Diagrams. Peter Lang, Werner Obermair, Michael Schrefl. ICDE 1997. (data modeling)

1996

 * Evaluation and Optimization of the LIVING IN A LATTICE Rule Language. Holger Riedel, Andreas Heuer. ICDE 1996. (object-oriented databases, design and processing techniques)
 * Linear vs. Order Contstrained Queries Over Rational Databases. Alexei P. Stolboushkin, Michael A. Taitslin. PODS 1996. (constraint query languages)
 * On Genericity and Parametricity. Catriel Beeri, Tova Milo, Paula Ta-Shma. PODS 1996. (data models and query languages)
 * Relational Expressive Power of Constraint Query Languages. Michael Benedikt, Guozhu Dong, Leonid Libkin, Limsoon Wong. PODS 1996. (constraint query languages)
 * Reusing (Shrink Wrap) Schemas by Modifying Concept Schemas. Lois M. L. Delcambre, Jimmy Langston. ICDE 1996. (object-oriented databases, design and processing techniques)
 * Tables as a Paradigm for Querying and Restructuring. Marc Gyssens, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan, Iyer N. Subramanian. PODS 1996. (data models and query languages)
 * Topological Queries in Spatial Databases. Christos H. Papadimitriou, Dan Suciu, Victor Vianu. PODS 1996. (data models and query languages)
 * Towards Practical Constraint Databases. St&eacute;phane Grumbach, Jianwen Su. PODS 1996. (constraint query languages)
 * Using Object-Oriented Principles to Optimize Update Propagation to Materialized Views. Harumi A. Kuno, Elke A. Rundensteiner. ICDE 1996. (object-oriented databases, design and processing techniques)
 * Variable Independence and Aggregation Closure. Jan Chomicki, Dina Q. Goldin, Gabriel M. Kuper. PODS 1996. (constraint query languages)

1995

 * An Object-Oriented Conceptual Modeling of Video Data. Young Francis Day, Serhan Dagtas, Mitsutoshi Iino, Ashfaq A. Khokhar, Arif Ghafoor. ICDE 1995. (database modelling)
 * Finite Queries do not Have Effective Syntax. Alexei P. Stolboushkin, Michael A. Taitslin. PODS 1995. (query languages)
 * Modeling Scientific Experiments with an Object Data Model. I-Min A. Chen, Victor M. Markowitz. ICDE 1995. (database modelling)
 * On the Complexity of Bounded-Variable Queries. Moshe Y. Vardi. PODS 1995. (query languages)
 * Record Subtyping in Flexible Relations by Means of Attribute Dependencies. Christian Kalus, Peter Dadam. ICDE 1995. (database modelling)
 * The Reliability of Queries. Michel de Rougemont. PODS 1995. (query languages)

1994

 * Any Algorithm in the Complex Object Algebra with Powerset Needs Exponential Space to Compute Transitive Closure. Dan Suciu, Jan Paredaens. PODS 1994. (query languages and complexity)
 * Database Graph Views: A Practical Model to Manage Persistent Graphs. Alejandro Guti&eacute;rrez, Philippe Pucheral, Hermann Steffen, Jean-Marc Th&eacute;venin. VLDB 1994. (database programming languages)
 * Dyn-FO: A Parallel, Dynamic Complexity Class. Sushant Patnaik, Neil Immerman. PODS 1994. (query languages and complexity)
 * Functional Database Query Languages as Typed Lambda Calculi of Fixed Order. Gerd G. Hillebrand, Paris C. Kanellakis. PODS 1994. (query languages and complexity)
 * GraphDB: Modeling and Querying Graphs in Databases. Ralf Hartmut G&uuml;ting. VLDB 1994. (modelling and querying)
 * Investigation of Algebraic Query Optimisation Techniques for Database Programming Languages. Alexandra Poulovassilis, Carol Small. VLDB 1994. (database programming languages)
 * Persistent Threads. Florian Matthes, Joachim W. Schmidt. VLDB 1994. (database programming languages)
 * Qualified Answers That Reflect User Needs and Preferences. Terry Gaasterland, Jorge Lobo. VLDB 1994. (modelling and querying)
 * Towards Event-Driven Modelling for Database Design. Maguelonne Teisseire, Pascal Poncelet, Rosine Cicchetti. VLDB 1994. (modelling and querying)

1993

 * A Domain-theoretic Approach to Integrating Functional and Logic Database Languages. Alexandra Poulovassilis, Carol Small. VLDB 1993. (database programming languages)
 * A Query Model for Object-Oriented Databases. Reda Alhajj, M. Erol Arkun. ICDE 1993. (object-oriented programming language implementation)
 * Adaptable Pointer Swizzling Strategies in Object Bases. Alfons Kemper, Donald Kossmann. ICDE 1993. (object-oriented programming language implementation)
 * Algebraic Foundation and Optimization for Object Based Query Languages. Vijay M. Sarathy, Lawrence V. Saxton, Dirk Van Gucht. ICDE 1993. (object-oriented programming languages)
 * Completeness Results for Recursive Data Bases. Tirza Hirst, David Harel. PODS 1993. (models and languages)
 * Data Sharing Analysis for a Database Programming Lanaguage via Abstract Interpretation. Giuseppe Amato, Fosca Giannotti, Gianni Mainetto. VLDB 1993. (database programming languages)
 * Database Method Schemas and Object Creation. Karl Denninghoff, Victor Vianu. PODS 1993. (models and languages)
 * Interpreting a Reconstructed Relational Calculus (Extended Abstract). Aaron Watters. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1993. (query languages and interfaces)
 * Object Queries over Relational Databases: Language, Implementation, and Applications. Victor M. Markowitz, Arie Shoshani. ICDE 1993. (object-oriented programming languages)
 * On the Power of Algebras with Recursion. Catriel Beeri, Tova Milo. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1993. (query languages and interfaces)
 * Recursive Functions in Iris. Philippe De Smedt, Stefano Ceri, Marie-Anne Neimat, Ming-Chien Shan, Rafi Ahmed. ICDE 1993. (object-oriented programming language implementation)
 * SQL/XNF - Processing Composite Objects as Abstractions over Relational Data. Bernhard Mitschang, Hamid Pirahesh, Peter Pistor, Bruce G. Lindsay, Norbert S&uuml;dkamp. ICDE 1993. (query languages)
 * Safety and Translation of Calculus Queries with Scalar Functions. Martha Escobar-Molano, Richard Hull, Dean Jacobs. PODS 1993. (models and languages)
 * The O++ Database Programming Language: Implementation and Experience. Rakesh Agrawal, Shaul Dar, Narain H. Gehani. ICDE 1993. (object-oriented programming languages)
 * Towards a Unified Visual Database Access. Kumar V. Vadaparty, Y. Alp Aslandogan, Gultekin &Ouml;zsoyoglu. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1993. (query languages and interfaces)
 * Unification of Temporal Data Models. Christian S. Jensen, Michael D. Soo, Richard T. Snodgrass. ICDE 1993. (query languages)
 * Update Logging for Persistent Programming Languages: A Comparative Performance Evaluation. Antony L. Hosking, Eric W. Brown, J. Eliot B. Moss. VLDB 1993. (database programming languages)
 * Voltaire: A Database Programming Language with a Single Execution Model for Evaluating Queries, Constraints amd Functions. Sunit K. Gala, Shamkant B. Navathe, Manuel E. Bermudez. ICDE 1993. (query languages)

1992

 * A Multi-Resolution Relational Data Model. Robert L. Read, Donald S. Fussell, Abraham Silberschatz. VLDB 1992. (data models)
 * An Abstraction Mechanism for Modeling Generation. Ranabir Gupta, Gary Hall. ICDE 1992. (database modelling and design)
 * An Extended Relational Database Model for Uncertain and Imprecise Information. Suk Kyoon Lee. VLDB 1992. (data models)
 * Entity Modeling in the MLS Relational Model. Kenneth Smith, Marianne Winslett. VLDB 1992. (data models)
 * Implementing Deductive Databases by Linear Programming. Colin Bell, Anil Nerode, Raymond T. Ng, V. S. Subrahmanian. PODS 1992. (query languages)
 * Logical Database Design with Inclusion Dependencies. Tok Wang Ling, Cheng Hian Goh. ICDE 1992. (database modelling and design)
 * Maintenance of Materialized Views of Sampling Queries. Frank Olken, Doron Rotem. ICDE 1992. (database modelling and design)
 * Multiview: A Methodology for Supporting Multiple Views in Object-Oriented Databases. Elke A. Rundensteiner. VLDB 1992. (data models)
 * Pattern Matching by Rs-Operations: Toward a Unified Approach to Querying Sequenced Data. Seymour Ginsburg, Xiaoyang Sean Wang. PODS 1992. (query languages)
 * Pushing Constraint Selections. Divesh Srivastava, Raghu Ramakrishnan. PODS 1992. (query languages)
 * Relations with Relation Names as Arguments: Algebra and Calculus. Kenneth A. Ross. PODS 1992. (query languages)
 * SVP: A Model Capturing Sets, Lists, Streams, and Parallelism. Douglas Stott Parker Jr., Eric Simon, Patrick Valduriez. VLDB 1992. (data models)
 * Supporting Lists in a Data Model (A Timely Approach). Joel Richardson. VLDB 1992. (data models)
 * The Complexity of Querying Indefinite Data about Linearly Ordered Domains. Ron van der Meyden. PODS 1992. (query languages)
 * The Complexity of Reusing and Modifying Rulebases. Anthony J. Bonner. PODS 1992. (query languages)

1991

 * A Polymorphic Relational Algebra and Its Optimization. David Eichmann, D. Alton. ICDE 1991. (query languages and processing)
 * Aspects: Extending Objects to Support Multiple, Independent Roles. Joel Richardson, Peter M. Schwarz. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1991. (database programming languages)
 * Database Programming Languages: A Functional Approach. Jurgen Annevelink. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1991. (database programming languages)
 * ESQL: A Query Language for the Relation Model Supporting Image Domains. Rafiul Ahad, Amit Basu. ICDE 1991. (database design and modelling)
 * Execution Plan Balancing. Marguerite C. Murphy, Ming-Chien Shan. ICDE 1991. (query languages and processing)
 * Fully Persistent B+-trees. Sitaram Lanka, Eric Mays. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1991. (b-trees)
 * Glue-Nail: A Deductive Database System. Geoffrey Phipps, Marcia A. Derr, Kenneth A. Ross. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1991. (database programming languages)
 * Modeling Transition. Gary Hall, Ranabir Gupta. ICDE 1991. (database design and modelling)
 * Multi-Disk B-trees. Bernhard Seeger, Per-&Aring;ke Larson. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1991. (b-trees)
 * Object/Behavior Diagrams. Gerti Kappel, Michael Schrefl. ICDE 1991. (database design and modelling)
 * On Datalog vs. Polynomial Time. Foto N. Afrati, Stavros S. Cosmadakis, Mihalis Yannakakis. PODS 1991. (query language power and complexity)
 * On the Power of Rule-Based Languages with Sets. Kumar V. Vadaparty. PODS 1991. (query language power and complexity)
 * Performance of B-Tree Concurrency Algorithms. V. Srinivasan, Michael J. Carey. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1991. (b-trees)
 * Real Time Retrieval and Update of Materialized Transitive Closure. Keh-Chang Guh, Chengyu Sun, Clement T. Yu. ICDE 1991. (query languages and processing)
 * The Expressiveness of a Family of Finite Set Languages. Neil Immerman, Sushant Patnaik, David W. Stemple. PODS 1991. (query language power and complexity)
 * Tools for Datalog Boundedness. Gerd G. Hillebrand, Paris C. Kanellakis, Harry G. Mairson, Moshe Y. Vardi. PODS 1991. (query language power and complexity)

1990

 * A Modular Query Optimizer Generator. Edward Sciore, John Sieg Jr.. ICDE 1990. (query languages and processing)
 * A Probabilistic Framework for Vague Queries and Imprecise Information in Databases. Norbert Fuhr. VLDB 1990. (database languages and algorithms)
 * A Query Algebra for Object-Oriented Databases. Gail M. Shaw, Stanley B. Zdonik. ICDE 1990. (query languages and processing)
 * A Rule-based Language for Deductive Object-Oriented Databases. A. M. Alashqur, Stanley Y. W. Su, Herman Lam. ICDE 1990. (query languages)
 * A Temporal Model and Query Language for ER Databases. Ramez Elmasri, Gene T. J. Wuu. ICDE 1990. (query languages)
 * A ``Greedy Approach to the Write Problem in Shadowed Disk Systems. Norman S. Matloff, Raymond Wai-Man Lo. ICDE 1990. (database design issues)''
 * Buffer and Load Balancing in Locally Distributed Database Systems. Hongjun Lu, Kian-Lee Tan. ICDE 1990. (database design issues)
 * Concept Description Language for Statistical Data Modeling. Tiziana Catarci, Giovanna D'Angiolini, Maurizio Lenzerini. VLDB 1990. (database languages and algorithms)
 * Database Buffer Model for the Data Sharing Environment. Asit Dan, Daniel M. Dias, Philip S. Yu. ICDE 1990. (database design issues)
 * Efficient Updates to Independent Schemes in the Weak Instance Model. Paolo Atzeni, Riccardo Torlone. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1990. (database design theory)
 * Extending Logic Programming. Els Laenens, Domenico Sacc&agrave;, Dirk Vermeir. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1990. (languages and models)
 * Generalization and a Framework for Query Modification. Surajit Chaudhuri. ICDE 1990. (query languages and processing)
 * Polynomial Time Designs toward Both BCNF and Efficient Data Manipulation. Ke Wang. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1990. (database design theory)
 * Priority-Hints: An Algorithm for Priority-Based Buffer Management. Rajiv Jauhari, Michael J. Carey, Miron Livny. VLDB 1990. (database languages and algorithms)
 * Querying Database Knowledge. Amihai Motro, Qiuhui Yuan. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1990. (languages and models)
 * Supporting Universal Quantification in a Two-Dimensional Database Query Language. Kyu-Young Whang, Ashok Malhotra, Gary H. Sockut, Luanne M. Burns. ICDE 1990. (query languages)

1989

 * A Data Model and Access Method for Summary Data Management. Meng Chang Chen, Lawrence McNamee. ICDE 1989. (data modeling)
 * A Deductive Method for Entity-Relationship Modeling. Giuseppe Di Battista, Maurizio Lenzerini. VLDB 1989. (data models and modeling)
 * A Family of Incomplete Relational Database Models. Adegbemiga Ola, Gultekin &Ouml;zsoyoglu. VLDB 1989. (data models and modeling)
 * A Feasibility and Performance Study of Dependency Inference. Dina Bitton, Jeffrey Millman, Solveig Torgersen. ICDE 1989. (database design)
 * A Model of Queries for Object-Oriented Databases. Won Kim. VLDB 1989. (languages for oodb)
 * CLASSIC: A Structural Data Model for Objects. Alexander Borgida, Ronald J. Brachman, Deborah L. McGuinness, Lori Alperin Resnick. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1989. (database languages)
 * Database Analyzer and Predictor - An Overview. Salvatore Orlando, V. Perri, S. Scrivano, Witold Staniszkis. ICDE 1989. (database design)
 * Database Programming in Machiavelli - a Polymorphic Language with Static Type Inference. Atsushi Ohori, Peter Buneman, Val Tannen. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1989. (database languages)
 * Evolutionary Database Design. Fredy Oertly, Gerald Schiller. ICDE 1989. (database design)
 * Modeling Semantic Constraints with Logic in the EARL Data Model. James P. Davis, Ronald D. Bonnell. ICDE 1989. (data modeling)
 * ODE (Object Database and Environment): The Language and the Data Model. Rakesh Agrawal, Narain H. Gehani. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1989. (database languages)
 * OQL: A Query Language for Manipulating Object-oriented Databases. A. M. Alashqur, Stanley Y. W. Su, Herman Lam. VLDB 1989. (languages for oodb)
 * On the Correctness of Representing Extended Entity-Relationship Structures in the Relational Model. Victor M. Markowitz, Arie Shoshani. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1989. (database design)
 * On the design and implementation of information systems from deductive conceptual models. Antoni Oliv&eacute;. VLDB 1989. (data models and modeling)
 * RIDL*: A Tool for the Computer-Assisted Engineering of Large Databases in the Presence of Integrity Constraints. Olga De Troyer. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1989. (database design)
 * The O2 Database Programming Language. Christophe L&eacute;cluse, Philippe Richard. VLDB 1989. (languages for oodb)
 * Vertical Partitioning for Database Design: A Graphical Algorithm. Shamkant B. Navathe, Minyoung Ra. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1989. (database design)

1988

 * A Characterization of Constant-time-mainteinability for BCNF Database Schemes. H&eacute;ctor J. Hern&aacute;ndez, Edward P. F. Chan. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1988. (database design and nested algebra)
 * A Data Model and Query Language for EXODUS. Michael J. Carey, David J. DeWitt, Scott L. Vandenberg. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1988. (object-oriented data models)
 * A Generalized Model for a Relational Temporal Database. Shashi K. Gadia, Chuen-Sing Yeung. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1988. (data models)
 * A Polynomial Time Algorithm for Testing Implications of a Join Dependency and Embodied Functional Dependencies. John H. Leuchner, Les Miller, Giora Slutzki. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1988. (database design and nested algebra)
 * A Transaction Logic for Database Specification. Xiaolei Qian, Richard J. Waldinger. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1988. (data models)
 * A logical framework for temporal deductive databases. Suryanarayana M. Sripada. VLDB 1988. (management of schema and data evolution)
 * Modeling Class Hierarchies with Contradictions. Alexander Borgida. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1988. (object-oriented data models)
 * O2, an Object-Oriented Data Model. Christophe L&eacute;cluse, Philippe Richard, Fernando V&eacute;lez. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1988. (object-oriented data models)
 * Resolving the Tension between Integrity and Security Using a Theorem Prover. Subhasish Mazumdar, David W. Stemple, Tim Sheard. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1988. (data models)
 * Temporal Relationships in Databases. Surajit Chaudhuri. VLDB 1988. (management of schema and data evolution)
 * The Powerset Algebra as a Result of Adding Programming Constructs to the Nested Relational Algebra. Marc Gyssens, Dirk Van Gucht. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1988. (database design and nested algebra)
 * Versions of Schema for Object-Oriented Databases. Won Kim, Hong-Tai Chou. VLDB 1988. (management of schema and data evolution)

1987

 * A Vertical Partitioning Algorithm for Relational Databases. Douglas W. Cornell, Philip S. Yu. ICDE 1987. (database design and implementation)
 * An Approach to Schema Integration and Query Formulation in Federated Database Systems. Bogdan D. Czejdo, Marek Rusinkiewicz, David W. Embley. ICDE 1987. (data modeling)
 * DVSS: A Distributed Version Storage Server for CAD Applications. Denise J. Ecklund, Earl F. Ecklund Jr., Robert O. Eifrig, Fred M. Tonge. VLDB 1987. (engineering design databases)
 * FAD, a Powerful and Simple Database Language. Fran&ccedil;ois Bancilhon, Ted Briggs, Setrag Khoshafian, Patrick Valduriez. VLDB 1987. (data models and languages)
 * Fragmentation and Query Decomposition in the ECR Model. Ramez Elmasri, P. Srinivas, Gomer Thomas. ICDE 1987. (data modeling)
 * Implementation of a Compiler for a Semantic Data Model: Experiences with Taxis. Brian A. Nixon, Lawrence Chung, David Lauzon, Alexander Borgida, John Mylopoulos, Martin Stanley. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1987. (advanced data models)
 * Implementing Relational Database Operations in a Cube-Connected Multicomputer System. Chaitanya K. Baru, Ophir Frieder. ICDE 1987. (database design and implementation)
 * Managing Change in a Computer-Aided Design Database. Randy H. Katz, Ellis E. Chang. VLDB 1987. (engineering design databases)
 * Mapping a Semantic Database Model to the Relational Model. Peter Lyngb&aelig;k, Victor Vianu. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1987. (advanced data models)
 * Object-Oriented Specification of Databases: An Algebraic Approach. Am&iacute;lcar Sernadas, Cristina Sernadas, Hans-Dieter Ehrich. VLDB 1987. (data models and languages)
 * PRIMA - a DBMS Prototype Supporting Engineering Applications. Theo H&auml;rder, Klaus Meyer-Wegener, Bernhard Mitschang, Andrea Sikeler. VLDB 1987. (engineering design databases)
 * Perspectives of a Semantic Schema. Susan Darling Urban, Lois M. L. Delcambre. ICDE 1987. (data modeling)
 * The Design of &#172;1NF Relational Databases into Nested Normal Form. Mark A. Roth, Henry F. Korth. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1987. (advanced data models)
 * The Multi-Lingual Database System. Steven A. Demurjian, David K. Hsiao. ICDE 1987. (database design and implementation)
 * The POSTGRES Data Model. Lawrence A. Rowe, Michael Stonebraker. VLDB 1987. (data models and languages)

1986

 * A Data Model for Requirements Analysis. Eric Dubois, Jacques Hagelstein, Eugene Lahou, Andr&eacute; Rifaut, Fiona Williams. ICDE 1986. (datamodeling)
 * A Formal View Integration Method. Joachim Biskup, Bernhard Convent. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1986. (data modeling and database design)
 * A Visual Tool for Managing Relational Databases. Arthur J. Benjamin, Karl M. Lew. ICDE 1986. (datamodeling)
 * An Amateur's Introduction to Recursive Query Processing Strategies. Fran&ccedil;ois Bancilhon, Raghu Ramakrishnan. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1986. (invited paper, database language issues)
 * Choosing a View Update Translator by Dialog at View Definition Time. Arthur M. Keller. VLDB 1986. (issues in database design)
 * Inheritance and Persistence in Database Programming Languages. Peter Buneman, Malcolm P. Atkinson. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1986. (invited paper, database language issues)
 * On the Power to Derive External Schemata from the Database Schema. F&egrave;lix Saltor. ICDE 1986. (datamodeling)
 * On the Properties of Extended Inclusion Dependencies. Hiroshi Arisawa, Takao Miura. VLDB 1986. (issues in database design)
 * SEED - A DBMS for Software Engineering Applications Based on the Entity-Relationship Approach. Martin Glinz, Jochen Ludewig. ICDE 1986. (datamodeling)
 * Stepwise Specification of Dynamic Database Behaviour. Udo W. Lipeck. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1986. (data modeling and database design)
 * Updating Derived Relations: Detecting Irrelevant and Autonomously Computable Updates. Jos&eacute; A. Blakeley, Neil Coburn, Per-&Aring;ke Larson. VLDB 1986. (issues in database design)
 * Version Modeling Concepts for Computer-Aided Design Databases. Randy H. Katz, Ellis E. Chang, Rajiv Bhateja. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1986. (data modeling and database design)

1985

 * A Tool for Modular Database Design. Luiz Tucherman, Antonio L. Furtado, Marco A. Casanova. VLDB 1985. (design methodologies and tools)
 * Database Design Tools: An Expert System Approach. Mokrane Bouzeghoub, Georges Gardarin, Elisabeth M&eacute;tais. VLDB 1985. (design methodologies and tools)
 * The MR Diagram - A Model for Conceptual Database Design. Raghu Ramakrishnan, Abraham Silberschatz. VLDB 1985. (design methodologies and tools)

1984

 * A Descriptive Model of Physical Database Design Problems and Solutions. John V. Carlis, Salvatore T. March. ICDE 1984. (database design)
 * A Distributed Software Runtime Environment to Support Testbed Experimentation using ADL/ADS. John T. Ellis. ICDE 1984. (test beds for evaluating design methodologies for distributed systems)
 * A Friendly Logical Database Design Tool for the Humming-Bird System. Tzyy-Long Jiang, Y. H. Chin. ICDE 1984. (design tools and software metrics)
 * A Method for Behavior Modeling in Data Oriented Approach to System Design. Hirotaka Sakai, Hajime Horiuchi. ICDE 1984. (entity relationship approach)
 * A Method for Optimization of a Conceptual Model. Ole Oren. ICDE 1984. (database models)
 * A Role for Data Analysis in Practical Requirements Definition. Rodney P. Zimmerman. ICDE 1984. (entity relationship approach)
 * A Temporal Framework for Database Specification and Verification. David Chenho Kung. VLDB 1984. (database design)
 * A Tool for the Implementation of Databases. David Farmer, Roger King, David Myers. ICDE 1984. (database design tools)
 * An Algebra for a Directional Binary Entity-Relationship Model. Peter P. Chen. ICDE 1984. (entity relationship approach)
 * An Entity-Relationship Algebra. Christine Parent, Stefano Spaccapietra. ICDE 1984. (entity relationship approach)
 * Approaches for Updating Databases With Incomplete Information and Nulls. Arthur M. Keller, Marianne Winslett. ICDE 1984. (database design)
 * Comparison-Criteria for Semantic Data Models. Michael Schrefl, A. Min Tjoa, Roland Wagner. ICDE 1984. (database models)
 * DCT - A Testbed Approach to Distributed Systems Research. Walter L. Heimerdinger, Devesh Bhatt. ICDE 1984. (test beds for evaluating design methodologies for distributed systems)
 * Datadict - A Data Analysis and Logical Database Design Tool. Tan Tahn Joo, Tan Kah Poh, Goh Ah Moi. VLDB 1984. (database design)
 * Dynamics Analysis in Database Design. Gianfranco Balbo, G. Barbara Demo, Antonio Di Leva, P. Giolito. ICDE 1984. (database design)
 * Fixed Length Semiorder Preserving Code for Field Level Data File Compression. Motomichi Toyama, Shoji Ura. ICDE 1984. (database design)
 * From Natural Language Requirements to good Data Base Definitions - A Data Base Design Methodology. Christoph F. Eick. ICDE 1984. (database design)
 * Gambit: An Interactive Database Design Tool for Data Structures, Integrity Constraints and Transactions. Richard P. Br&auml;gger, Andreas Dudler, J&uuml;rg Rebsamen, Carl August Zehnder. ICDE 1984. (database design tools)
 * Matching Techniques in Global Schema Design. Michael V. Mannino, Wolfgang Effelsberg. ICDE 1984. (database design theory)
 * Object Integration in Logical Database Design. Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant B. Navathe. ICDE 1984. (database design theory)
 * Practical Application of IDEF1 as a Database Development Tool. Karen L. Ruoff. ICDE 1984. (database design tools)
 * Predicate Trees: An Approach to Optimize Relational Query Operations. Georges Gardarin, Patrick Valduriez, Yann Vi&eacute;mont. ICDE 1984. (database design theory)
 * Program Complexity and Programming Style. Michael Evangelist. ICDE 1984. (design tools and software metrics)
 * Rapid Software Development in a Database Framework - A Case Study. Henryk Jan Komorowski. ICDE 1984. (database design tools)
 * Recursive Data Models for Non-Conventional Database Applications. Winfried Lamersdorf. ICDE 1984. (database models)
 * Relationship Merging in Schema Integration. Shamkant B. Navathe, T. Sashidhar, Ramez Elmasri. VLDB 1984. (database design)
 * Representing Roles in Universal Scheme Interfaces. David Maier, David Rozenshtein, Jacob Stein. ICDE 1984. (database models)
 * Supporting the Design of Conceptual Schemata by Database Systems. Hartmut Wedekind. ICDE 1984. (database design theory)

1983

 * A Data Modeling Approach to Simplify the Design of User Interfaces. Michel Pilote. VLDB 1983. (data models)
 * A Model for Integrated Information Systems. Ian A. Macleod. VLDB 1983. (data models)
 * A Modularization Mechanism for Conceptual Modeling. Antonio Albano, Maurizio Capaccioli, M. Eugenia Occhiuto, Renzo Orsini. VLDB 1983. (structured data models)
 * A Pragmatic Approach to Structured Database Design. Luiz Tucherman, Antonio L. Furtado, Marco A. Casanova. VLDB 1983. (structured data models)
 * A Target Logical Schema: The ACS. Peter M. Stocker, R. Canti&eacute;. VLDB 1983. (data models)
 * Database Decomposition into Fourth Normal Form. G&ouml;sta Grahne, Kari-Jouko R&auml;ih&auml;. VLDB 1983. (database schemata)
 * LAURA: A Formal Data Model and her Logical Design Methodology. Robert Brown, Douglas Stott Parker Jr.. VLDB 1983. (structured data models)
 * Operations and the Properties on Non-First-Normal-Form Relational Databases. Hiroshi Arisawa, Kunihiko Moriya, Takao Miura. VLDB 1983. (database schemata)
 * Query-By-Example: Operations on Piecewise Continuous Data (Extended Abstract). Ravi Krishnamurthy, Stephen P. Morgan, Mosh&eacute; M. Zloof. VLDB 1983. (data models)
 * Range Nesting: A Fast Method to Evaluate Quantified Queries. Matthias Jarke, J&uuml;rgen Koch. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1983. (query languages)
 * Relational Queries in a Domain Based DBMS. Michele Missikoff, Michel Scholl. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1983. (query languages)
 * The Database Language GEM. Carlo Zaniolo. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1983. (query languages)
 * The Integrated Data Model: A Database Perspective. David Beech, J. Samuel Feldman. VLDB 1983. (data models)
 * Universal Relation Views: A Pragmatic Approach. Joachim Biskup, Hans Hermann Br&uuml;ggemann. VLDB 1983. (database schemata)

1982

 * A Denotational Definition of the Semantics of DRC, A Domain Relational Calculus. Georges Louis, Alain Pirotte. VLDB 1982. (formal semantics of databases)
 * A Methodology for View Inegration in Logical Database Design. Shamkant B. Navathe, Suresh G. Gadgil. VLDB 1982. (database design)
 * An Implementation of a Query Language Supporting Path Expressions. Sue M. Dintelman, A. Timothy Maness. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1982. (query languages)
 * CQLF - A Query Language for CODASYL-Type Databases. Frank Manola, Alain Pirotte. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1982. (query languages)
 * Choices in Practical Data Design. William Kent. VLDB 1982. (database design)
 * ERQ: Controlled Inference and Instruction Techniques for DBMS Query Languages. J. Longstaff. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1982. (query languages)
 * Formalization of Database Systems - and a Formal Definition of IMS (Invited Paper). Dines Bj&oslash;rner, Hans Henrik L&oslash;vengreen. VLDB 1982. (formal semantics of databases)
 * IDBD - An Interactive Design Tool for CODASYL-DBTG-Type Data bases. Roland Dahl, Janis A. Bubenko Jr.. VLDB 1982. (database design)
 * On the Algebraic Specification of Databases. Walter Dosch, Gianfranco Mascari, Martin Wirsing. VLDB 1982. (formal semantics of databases)
 * Physical Design of Network Model Databases Using the Property of Separability. Kyu-Young Whang, Gio Wiederhold, Daniel Sagalowicz. VLDB 1982. (database design)
 * Semantics of Network Data Manipulation Languages: An Object-Oriented Approach. Dipayan Gangopadhyay, Umeshwar Dayal, James C. Browne. VLDB 1982. (formal semantics of databases)
 * Storage and Access Structures to Support a Semantic Data Model. Arvola Chan, Sy Danberg, Stephen Fox, Wen-Te K. Lin, Anil Nori, Daniel R. Ries. VLDB 1982. (database design)
 * The Network Query Language NOAH. Gunter Schlageter, M. Rieskamp, U. Pr&auml;del, Rainer Unland. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1982. (query languages)

1981

 * Constructing Superviews. Amihai Motro, Peter Buneman. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1981. (data modeling)
 * Data Model Theory Meets a Practical Application. William Kent. VLDB 1981. (data modeling)
 * Fundamentals of Data Element Definition. Robert M. Curtice, P. E. Jones Jr.. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1981. (data modeling)
 * Introduction to the DIAM Theory of Algebraic Access Graph. M. Levin. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1981. (data modeling)
 * Modelling Events a Data Base Application Design. Valeria De Antonellis, Bruna Zonta. VLDB 1981. (data modeling)
 * On Modelling Behavioural Semantics of Databases. Michael L. Brodie. VLDB 1981. (data modeling)
 * Referential Integrity. C. J. Date. VLDB 1981. (data modeling)

1980

 * A Practical Design Methodology for the Implementation of IMS Databases, Using the Entity-Relationship Model. Ewing L. Lusk, Ross A. Overbeek, B. Parrello. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1980. (database design)
 * An Access Path Model for Physical Database Design. Randy H. Katz, Eugene Wong. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1980. (database design)
 * An Introduction to the Unified Database Language (UDL). C. J. Date. VLDB 1980. (data modelling and data access)
 * Entity-Relationship Approach to the Conceptual Schema Design. Hirotaka Sakai. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1980. (database design)
 * Path Expressions for Complex Queries and Automatic Database Program Conversion. Ben Shneiderman, Glenn Thomas. VLDB 1980. (data modelling and data access)
 * Some Analytic Tools for the Design of Relational Database Systems. K. K. Nambiar. VLDB 1980. (data modelling and schema design)
 * Some Features of the TAXIS Data Model. John Mylopoulos, Harry K. T. Wong. VLDB 1980. (data modelling and schema design)
 * Splitting the Conceptual Schema. William Kent. VLDB 1980. (data modelling and data access)
 * The 78 CODASYL Database Model: A Comparison with Preceding Specifications. Mary E. S. Loomis. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1980. (data and conceptual models)
 * Translation Structures of Relational Views. Nicolas Spyratos. VLDB 1980. (data modelling and schema design)

1979

 * 1978 New Orleans Data Base Design Workshop Report. Vincent Y. Lum, Sakti P. Ghosh, Mario Schkolnick, Robert W. Taylor, D. Jefferson, Stanley Y. W. Su, James P. Fry, Toby J. Teorey, B. Yao, D. S. Rund, B. Kahn, Shamkant B. Navathe, D. Smith, L. Aguilar, W. J. Barr, P. E. Jones. VLDB 1979. (data base design workshop report)
 * An External Schema Facility for CODASYL 1978. Eric K. Clemons. VLDB 1979. (conceptual models)
 * Compact B-Trees. Arnold L. Rosenberg, Lawrence Snyder. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1979. (b-trees)
 * Fundamental and Secondary Issues in the Design of Non-Procedural Relational Languages. Alain Pirotte. VLDB 1979. (design concepts)
 * Interactive Specification and Formal Verification of User's Views in Data Bases Design. C. Baldissera, Stefano Ceri, Giuseppe Pelagatti, Giampio Bracchi. VLDB 1979. (design concepts)
 * Multi-Table Search for B-Tree Files. David B. Lomet. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1979. (b-trees)
 * On the Role of `Understanding Models' in Conceptual Schema Design. Janis A. Bubenko Jr.. VLDB 1979. (conceptual models)
 * Software Requirement Definition and Data Models. Arne S&oslash;lvberg. VLDB 1979. (conceptual models)
 * Statistice for the Usage of a Conceptual Data Model as a Basis for Logical Data Base Design. Ole Oren, Frode Aschim. VLDB 1979. (conceptual models)
 * The Entity Join. William Kent. VLDB 1979. (design concepts)
 * Tools for Information System Dynamics Management. Colette Rolland, S. Leifert, Christian Richard. VLDB 1979. (design concepts)

1978

 * A Language Facility for Designing Interactive Database-Intensive Applications (Abstract). John Mylopoulos, Philip A. Bernstein, Harry K. T. Wong. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1978. (database languages and models)
 * A Normal Form for Abstract Syntax. John Miles Smith. VLDB 1978. (technical, semantics and modeling)
 * Conceptual and Internal Schemas in CODASYL. Rob Gerritsen. VLDB 1978. (panel, implementing a three-schema dbms framework)
 * Conversion and the CODASYL Framework. Diane C. P. Smith. VLDB 1978. (panel, implementing a three-schema dbms framework)
 * Data Base Description with a Single Name Category Data Model. Willem J. Kleefstra. VLDB 1978. (technical, semantics and modeling)
 * Extended Semantics for Generalization Hierarchies. R. M. Lee, Rob Gerritsen. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1978. (database languages and models)
 * Implementing a Three Schema DBMS Framework. John L. Berg. VLDB 1978. (panel, implementing a three-schema dbms framework)
 * On Relating the CODASYL Database Languages and the ANSI/SPARC Framework. Frank Manola. VLDB 1978. (panel, implementing a three-schema dbms framework)
 * Operations Data Bases. J. Bradley. VLDB 1978. (technical, semantics and modeling)
 * Record Subtype Facilities in Database Systems. I. R. Palmer. VLDB 1978. (technical, semantics and modeling)
 * The Data Dictionary Facilities of NDB. G. C. H. Sharman, N. Winterbottom. VLDB 1978. (technical, semantics and modeling)
 * The External Schema and CODASYL. Eric K. Clemons. VLDB 1978. (panel, implementing a three-schema dbms framework)
 * The Semantic Data Model: A Modelling Mechanism for Data Base Applications. Michael Hammer, Dennis McLeod. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1978. (database languages and models)

1977

 * A Complete Axiomatization for Functional and Multivalued Dependencies in Database Relations. Catriel Beeri, Ronald Fagin, John H. Howard. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1977. (database models and theoretical foundations)
 * A Data Base Design Decision Support System. Thomas J. Gambino, Rob Gerritsen. VLDB 1977. (database design tools)
 * A Generalized End-User Facility Architecture for Relational Database Systems. C. R. Spath, L. S. Schneider. VLDB 1977. (end-user languages)
 * A Relational Data Language with Simplified Binary Relation Handling Capability. Yahiko Kambayashi, Katsumi Tanaka, Shuzo Yajima. VLDB 1977. (end-user languages)
 * A Simulation Model for Performance Analysis of Large Shared Data Bases. Christer Hulten, Lars S&ouml;derlund. VLDB 1977. (database design tools)
 * CS4: A Tool for Database Design by Infological Simulation (Abstract). Stig Berild, Sam Nachmens. VLDB 1977. (database design tools)
 * Design and Performance Tools for Data Base Systems. Peter P. Chen, S. Bing Yao. VLDB 1977. (survey, database design)
 * Domain-Oriented Relational Languages. Michel Lacroix, Alain Pirotte. VLDB 1977. (end-user languages)
 * Evaluation and Optimization. Elias Berelian, Keki B. Irani. VLDB 1977. (database design tools)
 * Extended Set Theory. D. L. Childs. VLDB 1977. (survey, database design)
 * Formal Definition of Mappings in a Data Base. Paolo Paolini, Giuseppe Pelagatti. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1977. (database models and theoretical foundations)
 * IAM: An Inferential Abstract Modeling Approach to Design of Conceptual Schema. Janis A. Bubenko Jr.. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1977. (database models and theoretical foundations)
 * Information Processing Systems in a Database Environment. Alan G. Merten. VLDB 1977. (survey, database design)
 * Multiple View Support within the ANSI/SPARC Framework. Anthony C. Klug, Dennis Tsichritzis. VLDB 1977. (data models)
 * Observations on Data Manipulation Languages and Their Embedding in General Purpose Programming Languages. Michael Stonebraker, Lawrence A. Rowe. VLDB 1977. (survey, database languages and human factors)
 * Psychological Issues in Data Base Management. John C. Thomas. VLDB 1977. (survey, database languages and human factors)
 * Some Comments on Human Archival Memory as a Very Large Data Base. R. S. Nickerson. VLDB 1977. (survey, database languages and human factors)
 * Standardization and Database Systems. Edgar H. Sibley. VLDB 1977. (survey, database languages and human factors)
 * Structure and Implementation of a Relational Query Language for the Problem Solver. F. Antonacci, P. Dell'Orco, V. N. Spadavecchia, A. Turtur. VLDB 1977. (end-user languages)
 * The Role Concept in Data Models. Charles W. Bachman, Manilal Daya. VLDB 1977. (data models)
 * Toward a Design Methodology for DBMS: A Software Engineering Approach. Raymond T. Yeh, Jerry W. Baker. VLDB 1977. (survey, database design)
 * Using New Clues to Find Data. Craig Fields, Nicholas Negroponte. VLDB 1977. (survey, database languages and human factors)
 * Validation and Verification Aspects of Information Modeling. Janis A. Bubenko Jr.. VLDB 1977. (database design tools)

1976

 * A Generalized Access Path Model and its Application to a Relational Data Base System. C. Robert Carlson, Robert S. Kaplan. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1976. (languages)
 * An Architecture for High-Level Language Database Extensions. C. J. Date. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1976. (languages)
 * LSL: A Link and Selector Language. Dennis Tsichritzis. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1976. (languages)
 * NUL: A Navigational User's Language for a Network Structured Data Base. Claude Deheneffe, Henri Hennebert. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1976. (languages)

1975

 * A Data Base Management Facility for Automatic Generation of Data Base Managers. David W. Stemple. VLDB 1975. (database design tools)
 * An Experiment in Dedicated Data Management. H. C. Heacox, E. S. Cosloy, J. B. Cohen. VLDB 1975. (abstracts, design analysis)
 * Analysis of VSAM's Free-Space Behavior. Y. H. Chin. VLDB 1975. (abstracts, design analysis)
 * Automatic Data Base Schema Design and Optimization. Michael F. Mitoma, Keki B. Irani. VLDB 1975. (database design tools)
 * Automating Logical File Design. George U. Hubbard, Norman Raver. VLDB 1975. (database design tools)
 * Definition and Evaluation of Access Rules in Data Management Systems. Eduardo B. Fern&aacute;ndez, Rita C. Summers, Tom&aacute;s Lang. VLDB 1975. (database design tools)
 * Functional Specifications of Subsystem for Database Integrity. Kapali P. Eswaran, Donald D. Chamberlin. VLDB 1975. (data description models)
 * Hardware and System Architecture for a Very Large Database. Robert Healey, Bradford Heckman. VLDB 1975. (abstracts, design analysis)
 * Query Execution and Index Selection for Relational Data Bases. Gilles Farley, Stewart A. Schuster. VLDB 1975. (abstracts, design analysis)
 * Query-by-Example: the Invocation and Definition of Tables and Forms. Mosh&eacute; M. Zloof. VLDB 1975. (data description models)
 * Reorganization Points for File Designs with Nonlinear Processing Costs. K. Sundar Das, Toby J. Teorey, S. Bing Yao. VLDB 1975. (abstracts, design analysis)
 * Restructuring for Large Data Bases: Three Levels of Abstraction. Shamkant B. Navathe, James P. Fry. VLDB 1975. (data description models)
 * Selection of File Organization Using an Analytic Model. S. Bing Yao, Alan G. Merten. VLDB 1975. (database design tools)
 * Semantic Integrity in a Relational Data Base System. Michael Hammer, Dennis McLeod. VLDB 1975. (data description models)
 * Specification of Stored Data Structures and Desired Output Results in DIAM II with FORAL. Michael E. Senko. VLDB 1975. (data description models)
 * The Enity-Relationship Model: Toward a Unified View of Data. Peter P. Chen. VLDB 1975. (data description models)
 * Using Semantic Networks for Database Management. Nick Roussopoulos, John Mylopoulos. VLDB 1975. (data description models)