Up to now data retrieval and data treatment seem to be separated independent problems. The separation of data retrieval and treatment processes is inconvenient from the specific problem's point of view. We start from the point that table representation of the data, which is usual for relational data bases, hardly can reflect process model.
Most researches prefer to represent the model of the process under discussion as a program unit.
AstroTOP allows user easily customize system to the specific problem area, retrieve data and treat them within the single frame. G.A. Krasinsky, F.A. Novikov and V.I. Skripnichenko. The system ERA architecture - table oriented approach to data treatment. S.V. Krasheninnikov, A.A. Nazarov, F.A. Novikov and V.I. Skripnichenko. Table oriented programming of astronomical problems.