SiteLang: Conceptual Modeling of Internet Sites
Internet information services are developed everywhere. Such services include content generation and functionality support which has to be modeled...
Using the Quantum Data Model to Develop Shareable Definitions
This paper contains an outline of a new form of data model with particular focus on the way real-world...
A Frame Work for Modeling Electronic Contracts
A contract is an agreement between two or more parties to create business relations or legal obligations between them....
Querying Relational Databases without Explicit Joins
Despite its benefits and wide-spread acceptance, SQL is not a perfect query language. Although graphical tools for query...
NF-SS: A Normal Form for Semistructured Schema
Semistructured data is becoming increasingly important for web applications with the development of XML and related technologies. Designing a...
A Formal Analysis of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) directories are being widely used on the Web, for white pages information, user profiles,...
An XML Document Retrieval System Supporting Structure- and Content-Based Queries
In this paper, we design and implement an XML document retrieval system which can support both structure- and content-based...
Extraction of Partial XML Documents Using IR-Based Structure and Contents Analysis
As Internet technologies develop, XML is becoming widely used as a standard data/document format. Although the use of XML...
XDoC-WFMS: A Framework for Document Centric Workflow Management System
Document Management is an important component of a workflow management system. XML has become a prominent language for document...
Active XML Schemas
The possibility to share content easily among e-business partners constitutes one of the Web’s potentials. Especially XML facilitates interoperability...