One important step in integrating heterogeneous databases is matching equivalent attributes: Determining which fields in two databasesrefer to the samedata. The meaning of informa...
Abstract--With the growing computer networks, accessible data is becoming increasing distributed. Understanding and integrating remote and unfamiliar data sources are important dat...
In recent years, research about distributing databases over networks has become increasingly important. Here we concentrate on the issues of interoperability of heterogeneous DBMS...
Stefan Grufman, Fredrik Samson, Suzanne M. Embury,...
For data to be successfully integrated, semantically similar database elements must be identified as candidates for merging. However, there may be significant differences between ...
Determining attribute correspondences is a difficult, time-consuming, knowledge-intensive part of database integration. We report on experiences with tools that identified candi...