In this paper, we describe a framework for an object-oriented modeling of meta information and its use for the integration of heterogeneous databases with the goal of their intero...
Daniel A. Keim, Hans-Peter Kriegel, Andreas Mieths...
The paper presents an integrated set-theoretic data model that offers a framework for defining a unified schema for any database environment. We utilise the concepts ”entity...
Emmanuel J. Yannakoudakis, Panagiotis Andrikopoulo...
Schema evolution is an unavoidable consequence of the application development lifecycle. The two primary schemas in an application, the client conceptual object model and the pers...
James F. Terwilliger, Philip A. Bernstein, Adi Unn...
Active database systems (ADBS) can, automatically, react to the occurrence of predefined events by definition a collection of active rules. One of the most important modules of AD...
Abbas Rasoolzadegan, Rohollah Alesheykh, Ahmad Abd...
Even though an effective cost-based query optimizer is of utmost importance for the efficient evaluation of XQuery expressions in native XML database systems, such a component is...