Abstract. Relational algebra has been a crucial foundation for relational database systems, and has played a large role in enabling their success. A corresponding XML algebra for X...
: Even though knowledge management has been around for more than a decade, so far concrete instruments that can be systematically deployed are still rare. This paper presents an op...
Ronald Maier, Stefan Thalmann, Florian Bayer, Mich...
Maturana and Varela's notion of autopoiesis has the potential to transform the conceptual foundation of biology as well as the cognitive, behavioral, and brain sciences. In or...
As web information systems tend to mature it has become increasingly important to have an engineered design of such systems. Hera is a design methodology that supports the develop...
Flavius Frasincar, Geert-Jan Houben, Peter Barna, ...
The goal of this article is to formalize Object Role Modeling (ORM) using the DLR description logic. This would enable automated reasoning on the formal properties of ORM diagrams,...