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===DIS===

The Metaphor GUI provided a unique visualization of end-to-end elements in an enterprise. In total, Metaphor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnweeks.com/random/metaphor/|title=A Brief History Of Metaphor Computer Systems|accessdate=2011-03-01}}</ref> branded this as a Data Interpretation System (DIS), which is a class of Decision Support System (DSS) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://dssresources.com/history/dsshistory.html|title=A Brief History of Decision Support Systems|accessdate=2006-11-02}}</ref>

The DIS software was designed to show in one workflow, the access of data from SQL databases, its analysis and then its presentation. This was accomplish by using graphically iconic applications for database gateway, spreadsheet, plot, email, and printing tools all connected by arrows. These were animated when the workflow ran. The workflow collection was called a Capsule.<ref name=Metaphor.IWorld1993>{{cite journal| last1 =magazine LaPlante| first1 magazine=Alice | date = July 24, 1989 |page=26 | title = Metaphor Workstations Run OS/2, DOS, and DIS | journal = [[InfoWorld]] | volume = 11 |issue = 30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT25&dq=%22Metaphor+Computer+Systems%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XOVaT97hAqjz0gGr4cm-Dw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Metaphor%20Computer%20Systems%22&f=false }}</ref>{{Clarify|date=August 2009}}

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=%22metaphor%22+(%22liddle%22+OR+%22dis%22+OR+%22batch%22+OR+%22capsule%22)&source=bl&ots=XuuhiVdCPk&sig=ACfU3U15ImNbXTZqbYGWZVjX49PGedzDHQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvkKuG6rfvAhVIFqYKHbr7DaoQ6AEwB3oECAwQAw

|title=Metaphor provides front-end tools for desktop interfaces

|author=Scott Mace |date=March 15, 1993 |page=18 |accessdate=March 17, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal

|last1=LaPlante |first1=Alice |date=July 24, 1989 |page=26 |title=Metaphor Workstations Run OS/2, DOS, and DIS

|journal=[[InfoWorld]] |volume=11 |issue=30

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT25&dq=%22Metaphor+Computer+Systems%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XOVaT97hAqjz0gGr4cm-Dw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Metaphor%20Computer%20Systems%22&f=false}}</ref>

===Capsule===