Abstract. We propose a mapping from the Enhanced Entity Relationship conceptual model to the W3C XML Schema Language with the following properties: information and integrity constr...
Abstract. This paper proposes a natural extension of conditional functional dependencies (cfds [14]) and conditional inclusion dependencies (cinds [8]), denoted by cfdp s and cindp...
Object-Relational and Object-Oriented DBMSs allow users to invoke time-consuming ("expensive") methods in their queries. When queries containing these expensive methods a...
A tuple t1 of relation R subsumes tuple t2 of R, with respect to a query Q if for every database, tuple t1 derives all, and possibly more, answers to query Q than derived by tuple ...
Multidimensional databases are now recognized as being the standard way to store aggregated and historized data. Multidimensional databases are designed to store information on me...