The development of the Internet in recent years has made it possible and useful to access
many different information systems anywhere in the world to obtain information. While there …

Abstract Query/Views/Transformation (QVT) is the OMG standard language for specifying
model transformations in the context of MDA. It is regarded as one of the most important …

This database theory book provides a focused presentation of the core material on relational
databases, and presents a number of advanced topics in a unified framework. Some of the …

Database Management Systems provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the
fundamentals of database systems. Coherent explanations and practical examples have …

This paper presents a novel fully automatic bi-modal, face and speaker, recognition system
which runs in real-time on a mobile phone. The implemented system runs in real-time on a …

To enable modern data intensive applications including data warehousing, global
information systems and electronic commerce, we must solve the schema mapping problem …

A broad spectrum of data is available on the Web in distinct heterogeneous sources, and
stored under different formats. As the number of systems that utilize this heterogeneous data …

Schema versioning is one of a number of related areas dealing with the same general
problem—that of using multiple heterogeneous schemata for various database related tasks …

Modern database management systems essentially solve the problem of accessing and
managing large volumes of related data on a single platform, or on a cluster of tightly …

Open data plays a major role in supporting both governmental and organizational
transparency. Many organizations are adopting Open Data Principles promising to make …