A growing number of databases especially those published on the Web are becoming available to external users. Users of these databases are provided simple form-based query interfa...
MIWeb realizes a mediator-based integration of heterogeneous metadata sources over the Web. Mediators are well known from database integration. They improve the quality of search ...
In this paper we propose a new General Image DataBase (GIDB) model. The model establishes taxonomy based on the systematisation of existing approaches. The GIDB model is based on t...
The paper presents a visualization-based approach to explore large databases of geographic metadata. The aim of the data exploration is to search and acquire expressive geographic...
Riccardo Albertoni, Alessio Bertone, Monica De Mar...
A design pattern encapsulates the knowledge of object-oriented designers into re-usable artifacts. A design pattern is a descriptive device that fosters software design re-use. Th...
Steve MacDonald, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer...