Property-Based Semantic Reconciliation of Heterogeneous Information Sources
Integrating information from diverse sources is of great importance in the database area. The main difficulty in information integration...
Wiccap Data Model: Mapping Physical Websites to Logical Views
Information sources over the WWW contain a large amount of data organized according to different interests and values. Thus,...
Conceptual integration of multiple partial geometric models
Many scientific databases need to manage complex 3D geometric data such as models of the cerebral cortex. Often the...
Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modelling
In the last decade, ontologies have become a hot issue in the conceptual modeling community, which is chiefly due...
Advanced OO Modelling: Metamodels and Notations for the New Millennium
Building an object-oriented model requires knowledge of process and techniques; whereas representing the model requires the use of a...
Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modelling: Advanced Concepts
There is a growing awareness amongst conceptual modellers that their tools (languages and methodologies) are in need of theoretical...
Workflow Management in Electronic Commerce
In electronic commerce scenarios, effectiveness and efficiency of business process execution are of paramount importance for business success. Even...
Do We Need an Ontology of Ontologies?
Ontologies are “in.” For a number of years, ontology has been one of the areas under broad research attention,...
Development of a Conceptual Data Model for Digital Spatio-Temporal Geographical Information, with Application to...
A Geographical Information System (GIS) is a system capable of inputting, analyzing and visualizing geographical data. Despite several theoretical...
Using Semantic Rules Database to Dynamically Set up the ICSpace Virtual Building
The ICSpace is based on a virtual building specified in VRML. In this virtual building, any kind of artistic...
