Abstract: Applications based on plug-in architectures are extensible through thirdparties and enable customized user environments. We argue that extensibility and customization are...
Large, industry-wide interoperability projects use syntax-based standards approaches to accomplish interoperable data exchange among enterprise applications. We are investigating S...
In this paper, we propose a methodology developed in the framework of the VISPO project for engineering a three-layer ontology, based on the conceptualization, integration, synthes...
An essential part of modern enterprise software development is metadata. Mainstream metadata formats, including XML deployment descriptors and Java 5 annotations, suffer from a n...
Many internet and enterprise applications now not only use XML (eXtensible Markup Language) as a medium for communication but also for storing their data either temporarily for an...