A repository is a shared database of information about engineered artifacts. We define a
repository manager to be a database application that suPports checkout/checkin, version …

This paper surveys the current state of the object-oriented paradigm as it applies to the
handling of geo-referenced information. The model of any computerized system is multi …

Semiotics, the science of signs, has long been recognised as an important discipline for
understanding information and communications. Moreover it has found wide application in …

Эта книга призвана способствовать формированию у читателя общего кругозора в
области современных информационных систем, представлений о важнейших …

Recent advances in information technology have enabled scientists to generate
unprecedented amounts of earth-related data, with tremendous potential for dealing with …

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Information is a valuable resource to an organization. Computer software provides an
efficient means of processing information, and database systems are becoming an …

In this paper, we examine the performance tradeoffs that are raised by caching data in the
client workstations of a client-server DBMS. We begin by presenting a range of lock-based …

The construction of high-performance database systems that combine the best aspects of
the relational and object-oriented approaches requires the design of client-server …

Parallel database systems attempt to exploit recent multiprocessor computer architectures in
order to build high-performance and high-availability database servers at a much lower …