In this paper we briefly describe a new conceptual model for XML called XSEM. It is a combination of several approaches in the area. It divides the conceptual modeling process to c...
For several reasons a database may not satisfy certain integrity constraints (ICs), for example, when it is the result of integrating several independent data sources. However, mo...
Ontology design is a complex and time-consuming process. It is extremely difficult for human experts to discover ontology from given data or texts. This paper presents a semi-autom...
We show how quantified constraints expressed in a sub-language of first-order logic, againstashareddatamodelthatisfreetoevolve, provideanexcellentwayof transporting domain-specific...
Kit-ying Hui, Peter M. D. Gray, Graham J. L. Kemp,...
Abstract. We are interested in the development of a database management layer which is completely portable and, therefore, "pluggable" on top of multiple host platforms. ...