We propose an electronic marketplace architecture, called MOPPET, where the commerce processes in the marketplace are modeled as adaptable agent-based workflows. The higher level ...
Because XML documents tend to be very large and are more and more collaboratively processed, their fine-grained storage and management is a must for which, in turn, a flexible tree...
Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of expressing preferences among nonfunctional properties of services in a Web service architecture. In such a context, semantic and non-f...
In recent years, research about distributing databases over networks has become increasingly important. Here we concentrate on the issues of interoperability of heterogeneous DBMS...
Stefan Grufman, Fredrik Samson, Suzanne M. Embury,...
The model of flexible relations supports heterogeneous sets of tuples in a strongly typed way. The elegance of the standard relational model is preserved by using a single, generi...