The most acute information management challenges today stem from organizations relying on a large number of diverse, interrelated data sources, but having no means of managing the...
Data consistency is very desirable because strong semantic properties make it easier to write correct programs that perform as users expect. However, there are good reasons why co...
We propose a small set of parameterized abstract models for workflow patterns, starting from first principles for sequential and distributed control. Appropriate instantiations yie...
The open, decentralized nature of the Semantic Web demands fundamental changes in our approach to ontology development and deployment. To maximize the expressiveness and robustnes...
Xiaoshu Wang, Jonas S. Almeida, Arlindo L. Oliveir...
A crucial task in process management is the validation of process refinements. A process refinement is a process description in a more fine-grained representation. The refinement i...