: Database schemas are used to describe the logical design of a database. Diverse groups of users have different perspectives on the schema which leads to different local schemas. ...
Data modeling is an essential part of the software development process, and together with application modeling forms the core of the model-driven approach to software engineering....
Relational database systems represent the current standard technology for implementing database applications. Now that the object-oriented paradigm becomes more and more mature in...
SPARQL is today the standard access language for Semantic Web data. In the recent years XML databases have also acquired industrial importance due to the widespread applicability o...
Schema mappings are high-level specifications that describe the relationship between two database schemas. They are an important tool in several areas of database research, notab...