XML is becoming a prevalent format for data exchange. Many XML documents have complex schemas that are not always known, and can vary widely between information sources and applica...
Eugene Agichtein, C. T. Howard Ho, Vanja Josifovsk...
Nowadays, classical conceptual models (such as ER or UML) are used for designing database applications. These classical conceptual models usually come with associated CASE tools a...
Mohammed Minout, Christine Parent, Esteban Zim&aac...
Schemas, and more generally metadata specifying structural and semantic constraints, are invaluable in data management. They facilitate conceptual design and enable checking of da...
Peter M. Fischer, Kyumars Sheykh Esmaili, Ren&eacu...
Abstract: Peer data management systems (PDMS) are the natural extension of integrated information systems. Conventionally, a single integrating system manages an integrated schema,...
Ralf Heese, Sven Herschel, Felix Naumann, Armin Ro...
Data exchange between heterogeneous schemas is a difficult problem that becomes more acute if the source and target schemas are from different data models. The data type of the obj...