SIGPLAN 1976 Conference on Data: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Proceedings of the SIGPLAN '76 Conference on Data: Abstraction, Definition and Structure, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, March 22-24, 1976. ACM 1976
Session I: The Abstraction Issue
Bengt Nordström: An Outline of a Mathematical Model for the Definition and Manipulation of Data. 1-11
Theodore A. Linden: The Use of Abstract Data Types to Simplify Program Modifications. 12-23
Session II: Implementation
Eric Allman, Michael Stonebraker, Gerald Held: Embedding a Relational Data Sublanguage in a General Purpose Programming Language. 25-35
Dennis McLeod: High Level Domain Definition in a Relational Data Base System. 47-57
Session III: Panel - Whither Data Abstraction?
Michael Hammer: Data Abstractions for Data Bases. 58-59
James J. Horning: Some Desirable Properties of Data Abstraction Facilities. 60-62
Douglas T. Ross: Toward Foundations for the Understanding of Type. 63-65
Mary Shaw: Research Directions in Abstract Data Structures. 66-68
Session IV: Designing Data Abstractions

John V. Guttag: Abstract Data Types and the Development of Data Structures. 72
Janis A. Bubenko Jr., Stig Berild, Eva Lindencrona-Ohlin, Sam Nachmens: From Information Structures to DBTG Data Structures. 73-85
Session V: Pointers and Associative Access
W. Terry Hardgrave: A Technique for Implementing a Set Processor. 86-94
Richard B. Kieburtz: Programming without Pointer Variables. 95-107
Oscar Vallarino: On the Use of Bit Maps for Multiple Key Retrieval. 108-114
Daniel M. Berry, Z. Erlich, Carlos José Pereira de Lucena: Correctness of Data Representations: Pointers in High Level Languages. 115-119
Session VI: Defining New Data Types

Michael E. Senko: DIAM II and Levels of Abstraction. 121-140
David Lorge Parnas, John E. Shore, David M. Weiss: Abstract Types Defined as Classes of Variables. 149-153
Session VII: Panel - Whither Data Base Design?
Session VIII: Language Issues
Barron C. Housel, Nan C. Shu: A High-Level Data Manipulation Language for Hierarchical Data Structures. 155-169
Mark B. Wells, Fred L. Cornwall: A Data Type Encapsulation Scheme Utilizing Base Language Operators. 170-178
Cornelis H. A. Koster: Visibility and Types. 179-



