Edit distance based string similarity join is a fundamental operator in string databases. Increasingly, many applications in data cleaning, data integration, and scientific compu...
In information system development, end-users often participate in design and in many cases learn to design their own system. Design, however, requires a distinct approach that use...
As directories of named places, gazetteers link the names to geographic footprints and place types. Most existing gazetteers are managed strictly top-down: entries can only be adde...
If XML is to play the critical role of the lingua franca for Internet data interchange that many predict, it is necessary to start designing and adopting benchmarks allowing the c...
Abstract. In the past five years there has been tremendous activity in rolebased access control (RBAC) models. Consensus has been achieved on a standard core RBAC model that is in ...