Abstract. We consider the problem of XML schema evolution preserving the validity of existing documents related to the original schema. The aim of such schema evolution is to fit ...
Multiple inheritance has long been plagued with the “diamond” inheritance problem, leading to solutions that restrict expressiveness, such as mixins and traits. Instead, we ad...
One of the critical problems in natural language interfaces is the discordance between the expressions covered by the interface and those by the knowledge base. In the graph-based...
Yong-Jin Han, Tae-Gil Noh, Seong-Bae Park, Se-Youn...
Linear constraint databases and query languages are appropriate for spatial database applications. Not only the data model is natural to represent a large portion of spatial data s...
The use of relational database management systems (RDBMSs) to store and query XML data has attracted considerable interest with a view to leveraging their powerful and reliable da...