This work introduces a formal framework for the social acquisition of ontologies which are constructed dynamically from overhearing the possibly conflicting symbolic interaction o...
We propose a formal semantics for distributed transactions inspired by the attribute mechanisms of the Java Transaction API. Technically, we model services in a process calculus fe...
In recent years, many Mobile Payment (MP) schemes have been proposed and used in practise. However, a prerequisite for extended acceptance and adoption of MP technologies is to de...
Abstract. Data integration, in the context of the web, faces new problems, due in particular to the heterogeneity of sources, to the fragmentation of the information and to the abs...
Sonia Bergamaschi, Pablo R. Fillottrani, Gionata G...
This paper describes a novel approach for obtaining semantic interoperability among data sources in a bottom-up, semiautomatic manner without relying on pre-existing, global seman...
Karl Aberer, Manfred Hauswirth, Philippe Cudr&eacu...