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VLDB
2001
ACM
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14 years 9 months ago
Approximate query mapping: Accounting for translation closeness
Abstract In this paper we present a mechanism for approximately translating Boolean query constraints across heterogeneous information sources. Achieving the best translation is ch...
Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang, Hector Garcia-Molina
PODS
2008
ACM
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14 years 9 months ago
Annotated XML: queries and provenance
We present a formal framework for capturing the provenance of data appearing in XQuery views of XML. Building on previous work on relations and their (positive) query languages, w...
J. Nathan Foster, Todd J. Green, Val Tannen
ER
2007
Springer
117views Database» more  ER 2007»
14 years 3 months ago
Conceptual Modeling for Virtual Reality
This paper explores the opportunities and challenges for Conceptual Modeling in the domain of Virtual Reality (VR). VR applications are becoming more feasible due to better and fa...
Olga De Troyer, Frederic Kleinermann, Bram Pellens...
FROCOS
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Sociable Interfaces
Interface formalisms are able to model both the input requirements and the output behavior of system components; they support both bottom-up component-based design, and top-down de...
Luca de Alfaro, Leandro Dias da Silva, Marco Faell...
ACOM
2004
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Toward a Suite of Performatives Based Upon Joint Intention Theory
Agent communication languages defined using joint intention theory have enjoyed a long research history. A number of performatives have been defined and refined in this literature ...
Marcus J. Huber, Sanjeev Kumar, David McGee