Abstract. In this paper, we first demonstrate a gap between the security of verifiably committed signatures in the two-party setting and the security of verifiably committed signat...
This paper presents a new framework for users to select relevant data from an XML document and store it in an existing relational database, as opposed to previous approaches that s...
Abstract. We study the problem of checking the competence of communicative agents operating in a global society in order to receive and offer electronic services. Such a society wi...
This paper reports on the design and implementation of FLORA -- a powerful DOOD system that incorporates the features of F-logic, HiLog, and Transaction Logic. FLORA is implemented...
Abstract. Representing and reasoning about orientation information is an important aspect of qualitative spatial reasoning. We present a novel approach for dealing with intrinsic o...