We provide a concise yet complete formal definition of the semantics of XPath 1 and summarize efficient algorithms for processing queries in this language. Our presentation is int...
The design of distributed applications in a CORBA based environment can be carried out by means of an incremental approach, which starts from the specification and leads to the hi...
In this paper, we present a generic approach to integrate datatypes expressed using formal specification languages within state diagrams. Our main motivations are (i) to be able t...
a useful abstract representation is fundamental to solving many difficult problems in software engineering. In order to better understand how representations are actually used in ...
SLAng is an XML language for defining service level agreements, the part of a contract between the client and provider of an Internet service that describes the quality attributes...