An epistemological display query interface

Database users without sufficient understanding of database schemas are normally daunted by the task of query formulation. To alleviate these concerns, we have come up with a visual query system that allows users to express queries at the conceptual level. This interface works by representing a targeted database schema at the conceptual level and allows the user to enter restriction, projection and join conditions in an interactive fashion. The mapping between the conceptual level and the relational schema of a targeted database is accomplished via the usage of the knowledge representation language Lk. We have built a prototype that works with human genome databases.