Hierarchical spatial data structures provide a means for organizing data for efficient processing. Most spatial data structures are optimized for performing queries, such as inters...
Elena Jakubiak Hutchinson, Sarah F. Frisken, Ronal...
In this paper we present a model of functional access to data that, we argue, is suitable for modeling a class of data repositories characterized by functional access, such as web ...
Ontology languages to represent ontologies exist in large numbers, and users who want to access or reuse ontologies can often be confronted with a language they do not know. Theref...
Patrick Ziegler, Christoph Sturm, Klaus R. Dittric...
Despite various interoperability recommendations, heterogeneity of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is still an issue. This led to an increasing need for a data integration sy...
Data integration from multiple autonomous data sources has emerged as an important practical problem. The key requirement for such data integration is that owners of such data nee...
Amr El Abbadi, Aziz Gulbeden, Divyakant Agrawal, F...