Ontologies now play an important role in providing a commonly agreed understanding of a
domain and in developing knowledge-based systems. They intend to capture the intrinsic …

The concept of ontology is more and more used to provide a shared understanding of a
domain of interest and to enhance communication among humans, computers and software …

XML is becoming an increasingly popular language for documents and data. XML can be
approached from two quite separate orientations: a document-centered orientation (eg …

The problem of versioning is present in several application areas, such as temporal
databases, real-time computing and ontologies. This problem is generally defined as …

The use of geographic data has become a widespread concern, mainly within applications
related to spatial planning and spatial decision-making. Therefore, changing environments …

Ontologies recently have become a topic of interest in computer science since they are seen
as a semantic support to explicit and enrich data-models as well as to ensure interoperability …

The problem of versioning is present in several application areas, such as temporal
databases, real-time computing and ontologies. This problem is generally defined as …

Abstract The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) is a meta language that is widely used to
provide a non-proprietary universal format for sharing hierarchical data among different …

The extensible Mark up Language (XML) is a meta language that is widely used to provide a
non-proprietary universal format for sharing hierarchical data among different software …

Boolean logic minimization is being increasingly applied to new applications which
demands very fast and frequent minimization services. These applications typically offer very …