We present lock-free and wait-free universal constructions for implementing large shared objects. Most previous universal constructions require processes to copy the entire object...
A foundational issue underlying many overlay network applications ranging from routing to peer-to-peer file sharing is that of connectivity management, i.e., folding new arrivals ...
: Product data, information and knowledge are the core ICT resources for collaborative design. This paper describes five different approaches to exchanging and sharing product data...
Abstract. Communities on the Web capture, represent, and evolve their knowledge using ontologies, either explicitly or implicitly. The Gene Ontology project is a typical and advanc...
The Internet creates an environment suitable to spatial data share, allowing the users to transmit, visualize, manipulate and interact with them. This environment not only allows n...
David Cavassana Costa, Mario Meireles Teixeira, An...