As the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) is about to emerge as a new standard for databases, the problem of providing solid logical grounds for XML query languages arises. For the ...
Abstract. This paper introduces the logical system HOL2P that extends classical higher order logic (HOL) with type operator variables and universal types. HOL2P has explicit term o...
Abstract. We review the definition of entity types derived by symbolgenerating rules. These types appear frequently in conceptual schemas. However, up to now they have received ver...
In a series of publications, we have proposed a foundational system of ontological categories which has been used to evaluate and improve the quality of conceptual modeling languag...
Popular mobile code architectures (Java and .NET) include verifiers to check for memory safety and other security properties. Since their formats are relatively high level, suppor...