INTEGRATED ARCHITECTURES FOR DATABASE INTERFACE DEVELOPMENT

The paper presents a number of approaches to the development of databa se interfaces, with a particular emphasis upon the development of such interfaces within the confines of the database system itself. Convent ional approaches to interface development are reviewed, and weaknesses identified which stem from the decoupling of regularly interacting co mponents. It is shown how a more integrated approach, in which databas es are used to implement their own interfaces, provides significant di rect benefits without precluding subsequent support for mainstream int erfactive development architectures.