Data exchange between embedded systems and other small or large computing devices increases. Since data in different data sources may refer to the same real world objects, data ca...
Typically, users submit very simple search queries to digital document data collections. Often these queries can result in extremely broad answers or answers in which document rel...
Many Web sites support keyword search on their spatial data, such as business listings and photos. In these systems, inconsistencies and errors can exist in both queries and the d...
Peer-to-peer (p2p) systems are attracting increasing attention as an efficient means of sharing data among large, diverse and dynamic sets of users. The widespread use of XML as a...
Traditional information systems return answers after a user submits a complete query. Users often feel "left in the dark" when they have limited knowledge about the unde...