When an application retrieves serialized objects for which the class has changed, it may have to cope with modifications of the semantics. While there are numerous ways to handle t...
Abstract. The automated collection of source code metrics can help agile teams to understand the software they are producing, allowing them to adapt their daily practices towards a...
Abstract. Many long-lived and distributed systems must remain available yet evolve over time, due to, e.g., bugfixes, feature extensions, or changing user requirements. To facilit...
There is a manifold of meanings we could associate with the term \evolution" in the database arena. This paper tries to categorize some of these into a unique framework, showi...
This paper presents a semantic foundation of temporal conceptual models used to design temporal information systems. We consider a modeling language able to express both timestampi...