This paper argues for a two-level theory of semantics as opposed to a one-level theory, based on the example of the system of temporal and durationM connectives. Instead of identi...
Technologies for overcoming heterogeneities between autonomous data sources are key in the emerging networked world. In this paper we discuss the initial results of a formal inves...
George H. L. Fletcher, Catharine M. Wyss, Edward L...
The design of webbases, database systems for supporting Webbased applications, is currently an active area of research. In this paper, we propose a 3-layer architecture for design...
Hasan Davulcu, Juliana Freire, Michael Kifer, I. V...
The strong dynamics of peer-to-peer networks, coupled with the diversity of peer vocabularies, makes query processing in peer database systems a very challenging task. In this pape...
We are concerned with the following problem: How do we allow a community of users to access and process diverse data stored in many different formats? Standard data formats and da...
Luc Moreau, Yong Zhao, Ian T. Foster, Jens-S. V&ou...