Volume 23    Number 1    March 1994

The articles highlighted as hypertext buttons are available on line. EDITOR'S NOTES In Memory of Bob Kooi COMMENTARY: Observations on the ODMG-93 Proposal Won Kim ARTICLES: Research Perspectives for Time Series Management Systems Werner Dreyer, Angelika Kotz Dittrich, and Duri Schmidt A Hypertext Query Language for Images Li Yang Supporting Dynamic Displays Using Active Rules O. Diaz, A. Jaime, N. W. Paton, and G. al-Qaaimari Constructing the Next 100 Database Management Systems Andreas Geppert and Klaus R. Dittrich SPECIAL SECTION: Section Overview: Temporal Database Infrastructure Richard T. Snodgrass (Section Editor) Towards an Infrastructure for Temporal Databases -- A Workshop Report Niki Pissinou et al. A Consensus Glossary of Temporal Database Concepts Christian S. Jensen (Editor) TSQL2 Language Specification Richard T. Snodgrass et al. DATABASE RESEARCH SURVEYS: Comprehension Syntax P. Buneman, L. Libkin, D. Suciu, V. Tannen, and L. Wong Text Databases: A Survey of Text Models and Systems Arjan Loeffen Databases for GIS Claudia Bauzer Medeiros and Fatima Pires DATABASE RESEARCH CENTERS: The Database Research Group at ETH Zurich M. C. Norrie, S. M. Blott, H.-J. Schek and G. Weikum DATABASE STANDARDS ACTIVITIES: Influencing Database Language Standards Leonard Gallagher TRADE PRESS NEWS Rafael Alonso DATABASE RESEARCH FUNDING: Progress on HPCC and NII Marianne Winslett ANNOUNCEMENTS and CALLS FOR PAPERS Detailed CFPs Arie Segev / segev@csr.lbl.gov Last update: June 26, 2000 Previous Issue: December 1993 Next Issue: June 1994 Send comments or suggestions to Alexandros Labrinidis.