Skyline queries have gained much attention as alternative query semantics with pros (e.g.low query formulation overhead) and cons (e.g.large control over result size). To overcome ...
Abstract. We study the problem of checking the competence of communicative agents operating in a global society in order to receive and offer electronic services. Such a society wi...
Abstract. Web services are an important series of industry standards for adding semantics to web-based and XML-based communication, in particular among enterprises. Like the entire...
Attempto Controlled English (ACE) is a controlled natural language, i.e. a precisely defined subset of English that can automatically and unambiguously be translated into first-ord...
A variety of business relationships in open settings can be understood in terms of the creation and manipulation of commitments among the participants. These include B2C and B2B c...