In order to achieve better scalability and reduce latency in handling user requests, many Web applications make extensive use of data replication through caches and Content Delive...
Bogdan C. Popescu, Maarten van Steen, Bruno Crispo...
We consider here the exchange of Active XML (AXML) data, i.e., XML documents where some of the data is given explicitly while other parts are given only intensionally as calls to ...
In order to support various requirements from the user’s perspective, digital library (DL) systems may need to apply a large variety of services, such as query services for a spe...
Abstract. The current Web 2.0 stage of the Internet provided the basis for web-based communities and services aimed at collaboration and information sharing. Furthermore, Internet ...
Web Services (WS hereafter) Security is a crucial aspect for technologies based on this paradigm to be completely adopted by the industry. As a consequence, a lot of initiatives h...