article Free Access Share on Building user interfaces for database applications: the O2 experience Authors: P. Borras View Profile , J. C. Mamou View Profile , D. Plateau View Profile , B. Poyet View Profile , D. Tallot View Profile Authors Info & Claims ACM SIGMOD RecordVolume 21Issue 1March 1992 pp 32–38https://doi.org/10.1145/130868.130873Published:01 March 1992Publication History 9citation144DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations9Total Downloads144Last 12 Months42Last 6 weeks11 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my Alerts New Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF

In this chapter, we present the LOOKS system which is designed to support the construction of user interfaces for object-oriented database applications. The looks system provides high level capabilities to display and manipulate database objects interactively and to build end-user ↔ application dialogue based on object manipulation.