GORDAS: A Formal High-Level Query Language for the Entity-Relationship Model.

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/er/ElmasriW81,
  author    = {Ramez Elmasri and
               Gio Wiederhold},
  editor    = {Peter P. Chen},
  title     = {GORDAS: A Formal High-Level Query Language for the Entity-Relationship
               Model},
  booktitle = {Entity-Relationship Approach to Information Modeling and Analysis,
               Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Entity-Relationship
               Approach (ER'81), Washington, DC, USA, October 12-14, 1981},
  publisher = {North-Holland},
  year      = {1981},
  isbn      = {0-444-86747-3},
  pages     = {49-72},
  ee        = {db/conf/er/ElmasriW81.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/er/81},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

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