Based on the FOCUS theory of distributed systems (see [Broy, Stølen 01]) that are composed of interacting components we introduce a formal model of services and layered architectu...
Beginning to create the New Oxford English Dictionary database has resulted in the realization that databases for reference texts are unlike those for conventional enterprises. Wh...
ion of Clocks in Synchronous Data-flow Systems Albert Cohen1 , Louis Mandel2 , Florence Plateau2 , and Marc Pouzet23 1 INRIA Saclay - Ile-de-France, Orsay, France 2 LRI, Univ. Pari...
Albert Cohen, Louis Mandel, Florence Plateau, Marc...
We propose ontological blending as a new method for `creatively' combining ontologies. In contrast to other combination techniques that aim at integrating or assimilating cate...
Joana Hois, Oliver Kutz, Till Mossakowski, John A....
In the last few years, XML became a de-facto standard for the exchange of structured and semi-structured data. The database research community took this development into account b...