PASCAL: A Theory-Informed Visual Interface for Property Graph Schema Visualization

Kasidis Chanthatrojwong; Sourav S. Bhowmick; Byron Choi

doi:10.1145/3722212.3725123

PASCAL: A Theory-Informed Visual Interface for Property Graph Schema Visualization

Kasidis Chanthatrojwong, Sourav S. Bhowmick, Byron Choi

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Abstract

Property graph schemas are essential for organizing property graph data, serving both prescriptive and descriptive roles. This has led to the recent development of property graph schema languages such as PG-Schema. While understanding of these languages requires familiarity with complex syntax, this poses usability challenges, particularly for domain experts who are not programmers. Current visual abstractions, such as the labeled schema graph (LSG), simplify representation but suffers from visual clutter and limited feature support. In this demonstration, we present a novel theory-informed visual interface called PASCAL for multi-modal visualization of property graph schemas to address these limitations.It realizes a novel visual abstraction called labeled iconized composite schema (LICS), whose design is informed by theories and principles from HCI, cognitive psychology, and visualization. Under the hood, it leverages the novel Map-Paint paradigm for creating and maintaining the visual components of LICS.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SIGMOD/PODS '25: Companion of the 2025 International Conference on Management of Data
Editors	Amol Deshpande, Ashraf Aboulnaga, Babak Salimi, Badrish Chandramouli, Bill Howe, Boon Thau Loo, Boris Glavic, Carlo Curino, Daisy Zhe Wang, Dan Suciu, Daniel Abadi, Divesh Srivastava, Eugene Wu, Faisal Nawab, Ihab Ilyas, Jeffrey Naughton, Jennie Rogers, Jignesh Patel, Joy Arulraj, Jun Yang, Karima Echihabi, Kenneth Ross, Khuzaima Daudjee, Laks Lakshmanan, Minos Garofalakis, Mirek Riedewald, Mohamed Mokbel, Mourad Ouzzani, Oliver Kennedy, Oliver Kennedy, Paolo Papotti, Peter Alvaro, Peter Bailis, Renee Miller, Senjuti Basu Roy, Sergey Melnik, Stratos Idreos, Sudeepa Roy, Theodoros Rekatsinas, Viktor Leis, Wenchao Zhou, Wolfgang Gatterbauer, Zack Ives
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	67–70
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400715648
ISBN (Print)	9798400715648
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3722212.3725123
Publication status	Published - 22 Jun 2025
Event	ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data, SIGMOD/PODS 2025 - Intercontinental Berlin, Berlin, Germany Duration: 22 Jun 2025 → 27 Jun 2025 https://2025.sigmod.org/ (Conference website) https://2025.sigmod.org/program_at_a_glance.shtml (Conference program) https://2025.sigmod.org/sigmod_papers.shtml (Accepted papers) https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3722212 (Conference proceeding)

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Name	Companion of the International Conference on Management of Data
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery

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Conference	ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data, SIGMOD/PODS 2025
Abbreviated title	SIGMOD/PODS 2025
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	22/06/25 → 27/06/25
Internet address	https://2025.sigmod.org/ (Conference website) https://2025.sigmod.org/program_at_a_glance.shtml (Conference program) https://2025.sigmod.org/sigmod_papers.shtml (Accepted papers) https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3722212 (Conference proceeding)

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property graph schemas
schema visualization
theory-informed design
visual interface

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Chanthatrojwong, K., Bhowmick, S. S., & Choi, B. (2025). PASCAL: A Theory-Informed Visual Interface for Property Graph Schema Visualization. In A. Deshpande, A. Aboulnaga, B. Salimi, B. Chandramouli, B. Howe, B. T. Loo, B. Glavic, C. Curino, D. Zhe Wang, D. Suciu, D. Abadi, D. Srivastava, E. Wu, F. Nawab, I. Ilyas, J. Naughton, J. Rogers, J. Patel, J. Arulraj, J. Yang, K. Echihabi, K. Ross, K. Daudjee, L. Lakshmanan, M. Garofalakis, M. Riedewald, M. Mokbel, M. Ouzzani, O. Kennedy, O. Kennedy, P. Papotti, P. Alvaro, P. Bailis, R. Miller, S. B. Roy, S. Melnik, S. Idreos, S. Roy, T. Rekatsinas, V. Leis, W. Zhou, W. Gatterbauer, ... Z. Ives (Eds.), SIGMOD/PODS '25: Companion of the 2025 International Conference on Management of Data (pp. 67–70). (Companion of the International Conference on Management of Data). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3722212.3725123

Chanthatrojwong, Kasidis ; Bhowmick, Sourav S. ; Choi, Byron. / PASCAL: A Theory-Informed Visual Interface for Property Graph Schema Visualization. SIGMOD/PODS '25: Companion of the 2025 International Conference on Management of Data. editor / Amol Deshpande ; Ashraf Aboulnaga ; Babak Salimi ; Badrish Chandramouli ; Bill Howe ; Boon Thau Loo ; Boris Glavic ; Carlo Curino ; Daisy Zhe Wang ; Dan Suciu ; Daniel Abadi ; Divesh Srivastava ; Eugene Wu ; Faisal Nawab ; Ihab Ilyas ; Jeffrey Naughton ; Jennie Rogers ; Jignesh Patel ; Joy Arulraj ; Jun Yang ; Karima Echihabi ; Kenneth Ross ; Khuzaima Daudjee ; Laks Lakshmanan ; Minos Garofalakis ; Mirek Riedewald ; Mohamed Mokbel ; Mourad Ouzzani ; Oliver Kennedy ; Oliver Kennedy ; Paolo Papotti ; Peter Alvaro ; Peter Bailis ; Renee Miller ; Senjuti Basu Roy ; Sergey Melnik ; Stratos Idreos ; Sudeepa Roy ; Theodoros Rekatsinas ; Viktor Leis ; Wenchao Zhou ; Wolfgang Gatterbauer ; Zack Ives. New York : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2025. pp. 67–70 (Companion of the International Conference on Management of Data).

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Chanthatrojwong, K, Bhowmick, SS & Choi, B 2025, PASCAL: A Theory-Informed Visual Interface for Property Graph Schema Visualization. in A Deshpande, A Aboulnaga, B Salimi, B Chandramouli, B Howe, BT Loo, B Glavic, C Curino, D Zhe Wang, D Suciu, D Abadi, D Srivastava, E Wu, F Nawab, I Ilyas, J Naughton, J Rogers, J Patel, J Arulraj, J Yang, K Echihabi, K Ross, K Daudjee, L Lakshmanan, M Garofalakis, M Riedewald, M Mokbel, M Ouzzani, O Kennedy, O Kennedy, P Papotti, P Alvaro, P Bailis, R Miller, SB Roy, S Melnik, S Idreos, S Roy, T Rekatsinas, V Leis, W Zhou, W Gatterbauer & Z Ives (eds), SIGMOD/PODS '25: Companion of the 2025 International Conference on Management of Data. Companion of the International Conference on Management of Data, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, pp. 67–70, ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data, SIGMOD/PODS 2025, Berlin, Germany, 22/06/25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3722212.3725123

PASCAL: A Theory-Informed Visual Interface for Property Graph Schema Visualization. / Chanthatrojwong, Kasidis; Bhowmick, Sourav S.; Choi, Byron.
SIGMOD/PODS '25: Companion of the 2025 International Conference on Management of Data. ed. / Amol Deshpande; Ashraf Aboulnaga; Babak Salimi; Badrish Chandramouli; Bill Howe; Boon Thau Loo; Boris Glavic; Carlo Curino; Daisy Zhe Wang; Dan Suciu; Daniel Abadi; Divesh Srivastava; Eugene Wu; Faisal Nawab; Ihab Ilyas; Jeffrey Naughton; Jennie Rogers; Jignesh Patel; Joy Arulraj; Jun Yang; Karima Echihabi; Kenneth Ross; Khuzaima Daudjee; Laks Lakshmanan; Minos Garofalakis; Mirek Riedewald; Mohamed Mokbel; Mourad Ouzzani; Oliver Kennedy; Oliver Kennedy; Paolo Papotti; Peter Alvaro; Peter Bailis; Renee Miller; Senjuti Basu Roy; Sergey Melnik; Stratos Idreos; Sudeepa Roy; Theodoros Rekatsinas; Viktor Leis; Wenchao Zhou; Wolfgang Gatterbauer; Zack Ives. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2025. p. 67–70 (Companion of the International Conference on Management of Data).

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Chanthatrojwong K, Bhowmick SS, Choi B. PASCAL: A Theory-Informed Visual Interface for Property Graph Schema Visualization. In Deshpande A, Aboulnaga A, Salimi B, Chandramouli B, Howe B, Loo BT, Glavic B, Curino C, Zhe Wang D, Suciu D, Abadi D, Srivastava D, Wu E, Nawab F, Ilyas I, Naughton J, Rogers J, Patel J, Arulraj J, Yang J, Echihabi K, Ross K, Daudjee K, Lakshmanan L, Garofalakis M, Riedewald M, Mokbel M, Ouzzani M, Kennedy O, Kennedy O, Papotti P, Alvaro P, Bailis P, Miller R, Roy SB, Melnik S, Idreos S, Roy S, Rekatsinas T, Leis V, Zhou W, Gatterbauer W, Ives Z, editors, SIGMOD/PODS '25: Companion of the 2025 International Conference on Management of Data. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2025. p. 67–70. (Companion of the International Conference on Management of Data). doi: 10.1145/3722212.3725123

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