The prototype of the DARE system Tiziana Catarci and Giuseppe Santucci   View Paper (PDF)   Return to Demostrations Abstract When building a database, it is mandatory to design a friendly interface, which allows the final user to easily access the data of interest. Very often, such an interface exploits the power of visualization and direct manipulation mechanisms. However, it is not suÆcient to associate "any" visual representation to a database, but the visual representation should be carefully chosen to effectively convey all and only the database information content. DiSC'02 © 2003 Association for Computing Machinery