Schema mappings are high-level specifications that describe the relationship between two database schemas; they are considered to be the essential building blocks in data exchange...
Maps offer a familiar way to present geographic data (continents, countries), and additional information (topography, geology), can be displayed with the help of contours and heat...
Abstract. The Clio project provides tools that vastly simplify information integration. Information integration requires data conversions to bring data in different representation...
Ronald Fagin, Laura M. Haas, Mauricio A. Hern&aacu...
—A major challenge faced by today’s information systems is that of evolution as data usage evolves or new data resources become available. Modern organizations sometimes exchan...
In the study of data exchange one usually assumes an openworld semantics, making it possible to extend instances of target schemas. An alternative closed-world semantics only move...