: Despite the efforts to reduce the semantic gap between user perception of similarity and featurebased representation of images, user interaction is essential to improve retrieval...
In this paper, we introduce principles for ontology-based querying of information bases. We consider a framework in which a basis ontology over atomic concepts in combination with ...
In this work, we present a framework for the semantic composition of web services based on Statecharts and uniform community service descriptions. Our model is a two step process....
If the model of free-form queries, which has proved successful for HTML based search on the Web, is made available for Grid services, it will serve as a powerful tool for scientis...
Recently, there has been extensive research that generated a wealth of new XML full-text query languages, ranging from simple Boolean search to combining sophisticated proximity a...