1. JCDKB 1978: Haifa, Israel

Ben Shneiderman (Ed.): Databases: Improving Usability and Responsiveness, Proceedings of the International Conference on Databases: Improving Usability and Responiveness, August 2-3, 1978, Technion, Haifa, Israel. Academic Press, 1978, ISBN 0-12-642150-1

Query Languages

E. F. Codd: How About Recently? (English Dialog with Relational Data Bases Using Rendevous Version 1). 3-28
Moshé M. Zloof: Design Aspects of the Query-by-Example Data Base Management Language. 29-55
Nancy D. Anderson, Walter A. Burkhard: Minisequel - Relational Data Management System. 57-
David Greenblatt, Jerry Waxman: A Study of Three Database Query Languages. 77-97
T. H. Merrett: The Extended Relational Algebra, a Basis for Query Languages. 99-

Simplifying Design and Implementation

Daniel Goldschmidt, Allen Reiter: An Implementation of Foral Using IDMS. 131-
James P. Fry, Toby J. Teorey: Design and Performance Tools for Improving Database Usability and Responsiveness. 151-189

Data Quality, Integrity, and Security

Joel Arditi, E. Zukovsky: An Authorization Mechanism for a Data Base. 193-
Joachim W. Schmidt: Type Concepts for Database Definition. 215-244
Michael F. Challis: Database Consistency and Integrity in a Multi-User Environment. 245-

Improving Performance

Eliezer L. Lozinskii: Performance Consideration in Relational Data Base Design. 273-
Virgil D. Gligor, David Maier: Representing Data Bases in Segmented Name Spaces. 295-
Johann P. Malmquist, Ehud Gudes, Edward L. Robertson: Storage Allocation for Access Path Minimization in Network Structured Data Bases. 319-

Distributed Systems

T. William Olle: Multistage Data Definition in a Multicomponent DBMS Architecture. 343-
Eric K. Clemons: An External Schema Facility to Support Data Base Update. 371-
Giuseppe Pelagatti, Fabio A. Schreiber: Comparison of Different Access Strategies in a Distributed Database. 399-
David Cohen, Ming T. Liu: Event Driven Protection for Enhancing Data Sharing in Data Base Systems. 411-