Rules have been proposed for providing active behaviour in DBMS. Previous attempts to add rules to Object Oriented DBs have often resulted in a dichotomy between rules and other k...
Abstract. Fine-grained lock protocols with lock modes and lock granules adjusted to the various XML processing models, allow for highly concurrent transaction processing on XML tre...
There is a growing need, both for use within corporate intranets and within the rapidly evolving World Wide Web, to develop tools that are able to retrieve relevant textual inform...
L. J. Brown, Mariano P. Consens, Ian J. Davis, Chr...
We consider systems for data sharing among heterogeneous peers related by a network of schema mappings. Each peer has a locally controlled and edited database instance, but wants ...
Todd J. Green, Grigoris Karvounarakis, Zachary G. ...
With the recent advances in wireless networks, embedded systems and GPS technology, databases that manage the location of moving objects have received increased interest. In this ...
George Kollios, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Dimitrios G...