On October 28, 1995, the second workshop on Database Issues for Data Visualiza¬tion was held during the IEEE Visualization ’95 conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Two years after the first and very successful workshop (proceedings of which are available in Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 871), researchers from the areas of databases and visualization met again to discuss and share their problems, needs, and goals. The second workshop topics included data modeling and access, object model¬ing, user interface construction, dataflow and program module storage and retrieval, the composition and manipulation of graphical representations, and the integration of knowledge bases and rule-based systems, all in a visualization context.
These proceedings offer a snapshot of current research in this field and together with the proceedings of the first workshop offer a way to see the progress of this emerging area. The proceedings also provide a survey of the problems that must be addressed now and in the future towards the integration of database management systems and data visualization.
With these proceedings, the reader is presented with a treatment of a wide range of issues, top to bottom, of the research areas and problems facing the integration of data¬base and visualization systems. We hope to further stimulate research activity in this field, and look forward to the realization of truly integrated systems that accommodate end-user requirements in terms of models, services, displays, and interaction capabili¬ties. We also hope the reader will find the reports and papers as invigorating as the dis¬cussion sessions during the workshop.