Besides being adopted as the new general data representation format for the Internet, XML is finding increasing acceptance as a native data exchange language. In order to fully e...
We present a novel language modeling approach to capturing the query reformulation behavior of Web search users. Based on a framework that categorizes eight different types of “...
ns to define the abstract modelling language that determines the structure of the models that are to be used a two-step meta-modelling approach turned out as most adequate. In the ...
Constraints are used in traditional database systems to define consistent database states. For multimedia data it is also important to define constraints for a correct data outp...
Growing demand for ubiquitous and pervasive computing has triggered a sharp rise in handheld device usage. At the same time, dynamic multimedia data has become accepted as core ma...