Abstract. Masking methods protect data sets against disclosure by perturbing the original values before publication. Masking causes some information loss (masked data are not exact...
RDF is the first W3C standard for enriching information resources of the Web with detailed meta data. The semantics of RDF data is defined using a RDF schema. The most expressiv...
When joining information provider peers to a peer-to-peer network, an arbitrary distribution is sub-optimal. In fact, clustering peers by their characteristics, enhances search and...
We examine schema mappings from a type-theoretic perspective and aim to facilitate and formalize the reuse of mappings. Starting with the mapping language of Clio, we present a ty...
Data provenance is essential in applications such as scientific computing, curated databases, and data warehouses. Several systems have been developed that provide provenance fun...