When merging data from various sources, it is often the case that small variations in data format and interpretation cause traditional functional dependencies (FDs) to be violated,...
Nick Koudas, Avishek Saha, Divesh Srivastava, Sure...
Easy reuse and integration of declaratively described information in a distributed setting is one of the main motivations for building the Semantic Web. Despite of this claim, reu...
A new application of tuple-space-based coordination systems is in knowledge communication and representation. This knowledge is being published on the Web (the so-called “Semant...
Lyndon J. B. Nixon, Robert Tolksdorf, Alan Wood, R...
A conventional file system provides the user with generic structure and semantics for accessing files. The default scheme is sufficient for many applications. However, many applic...
Paul W. Schermerhorn, Robert J. Minerick, Peter W....
Image Processing and Computer Vision applications often require finding a particular pattern in a set of images. The task involves finding appearances of a given pattern in an ima...