Current real-world software applications typically involve heavy use of relational and XML data and their query languages. Unfortunately object-oriented languages and database que...
Effective daily processing of large amounts of paper documents in office environments requires the application of semantic-based indexing techniques during the transformation of pa...
In many application areas, for example in design or media production processes, several authors have to work cooperatively on the same project. Thereby, a frequently used data for...
Empowering users to access databases using simple keywords can relieve the users from the steep learning curve of mastering a structured query language and understanding complex a...
Metadata processing is recognized as a central challenge for database research in the next decade. Already, novel desktop data management and search applications (cf. Apple’s Spo...