We describe a tool for physical database design based on a combination of theoretical and pragmatic approaches. The tool takes as input a relational schema, the workload defined on...
Sunil Choenni, Henk Wagterveld, Henk M. Blanken, T...
Abstract. Schema integration is the activity of providing a unified representation of multiple data sources. The core problems in schema integration are: schema matching, i.e. the...
Matteo Magnani, Nikos Rizopoulos, Peter McBrien, D...
In a Web database that dynamically provides information in response to user queries, two distinct schemas, interface schema (the schema users can query) and result schema (the sch...
Jiying Wang, Ji-Rong Wen, Frederick H. Lochovsky, ...
Given that ODMG 3.0 specifications do not address the definition of external schemas, we are developing an external schema definition methodology for ODMG databases. In this paper...
Changes in the real world may require both the database population and the database schema to evolve. Particularly, this is the case in CAD/CAM and CASE database systems, in which...