The notion of time granularity comes into play in a variety of problems involving time representation and management in database applications, including temporal database design, t...
We propose a methodology to monitor the quality of the meta-data used to describe content in web portals. It is based on the analysis of the meta-data using statistics, visualizati...
XML support is being added to existing database management systems (DBMSs) and native XML systems are being developed both in industry and in academia. The individual performance ...
Abstract. Database systems (DBSs) can play an essential role in facilitating the query and cache management in context-aware mobile information systems (CAMIS). Two of the fundamen...
Constructing and maintaining semantic mappings are necessary but troublesome in data sharing systems. While most current work focuses on seeking automated techniques to solve this...