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KDD
2003
ACM
128views Data Mining» more  KDD 2003»
16 years 7 months ago
Similarity analysis on government regulations
Government regulations are semi-structured text documents that are often voluminous, heavily cross-referenced between provisions and even ambiguous. Multiple sources of regulation...
Gloria T. Lau, Kincho H. Law, Gio Wiederhold
VLDB
2001
ACM
151views Database» more  VLDB 2001»
16 years 6 months ago
Approximate query mapping: Accounting for translation closeness
Abstract In this paper we present a mechanism for approximately translating Boolean query constraints across heterogeneous information sources. Achieving the best translation is ch...
Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang, Hector Garcia-Molina
VLDB
2001
ACM
104views Database» more  VLDB 2001»
16 years 6 months ago
Global transaction support for workflow management systems: from formal specification to practical implementation
In this paper, we present an approach to global transactionmanagementinworkflowenvironments.Thetransaction mechanism is based on the well-known notion of compensation, but extended...
Paul W. P. J. Grefen, Jochem Vonk, Peter M. G. Ape...
VLDB
2003
ACM
160views Database» more  VLDB 2003»
16 years 6 months ago
Composing Web services on the Semantic Web
Service composition is gaining momentum as the potential silver bullet for the envisioned Semantic Web. It purports to take the Web to unexplored efficiencies and provide a flexibl...
Brahim Medjahed, Athman Bouguettaya, Ahmed K. Elma...
VLDB
2004
ACM
144views Database» more  VLDB 2004»
16 years 6 months ago
Preserving mapping consistency under schema changes
Abstract. In dynamic environments like the Web, data sources may change not only their data but also their schemas, their semantics, and their query capabilities.When a mapping is ...
Yannis Velegrakis, Renée J. Miller, Lucian Popa