XML documents are extremely verbose since the "schema" is repeated for every "record" in the document. While a variety of compressors are available to address ...
A logical database schema, e.g. a relational one, is an implementation of a speci cation, e.g. an entity-relationship diagram. Upcoming new data models and the necessity of seamle...
To date, the principal use case for schema matching research has been as a precursor for code generation, i.e., constructing mappings between schema elements with the end goal of ...
Ken Smith, Michael Morse, Peter Mork, Maya Hao Li,...
The integration of heterogeneous legacy databases requires understanding of database structure and content. We previously developed a theoretical and software infrastructure to sup...
Mark S. Schmalz, Joachim Hammer, Mingxi Wu, Oguzha...
Schemas, and more generally metadata specifying structural and semantic constraints, are invaluable in data management. They facilitate conceptual design and enable checking of da...
Peter M. Fischer, Kyumars Sheykh Esmaili, Ren&eacu...