Natural language restatement of queries expressed in a graphical language
Various works have been proposed to simplify the interaction between casual users and databases. Too powerful tools, however, can...
A temporal statistical model for entity-relationship schemas
This paper is about the statistical description of the contents of an existing or future database. This information, very...
A temporal query language based on conceptual entities and roles
In our previous work , we introduced a Semantic Temporal model based on the Extended Entity-Relationship model (STEER), where...
Semantic similarity relations in schema integration
To find similarities between objects of different schemata at the semantic level is a crucial problem in schema integration....
On the design of object-oriented databases
This paper proposes a practical approach for designing object-oriented databases. Users start by describing their database applications with a...
ER-based Information Retrieval in a mixed database environment
This paper presents an integrated Four Tools approach to providing an ER-based Information Retrieval Interface for mixed database environments,...
A framework for automatic clustering of semantic models
This article is concerned with the development, application and implication of automatic clustering of Entity-Relationship (E-R) diagrams and object...
Extending ER model clustering by relationship clustering
The entity relationship approach is a widely accepted method for conceptual database design. However, some problems arise if ER...
Semantic interoperability of multitemporal relational databases
Interoperability is concerned with the interaction of databases of different kinds. In this paper we consider semantic interoperability between...
Modeling time: Adequacy of three distinct time concepts for temporal databases
In this paper we present newly elaborated time concepts for precise and lossless information preservation in temporal databases. First...
