Object matching or object consolidation is a crucial task for data integration and data cleaning. It addresses the problem of identifying object instances in data sources referrin...
Abstract. Accurate selectivity estimations are essential for query optimization decisions where they are typically derived from various kinds of histograms which condense value dis...
ABSTRACT. In the framework of the LegDoc project at Xerox Research Centre Europe, we are developing components for the semantic annotation of semi-structured documents. While certa...
In a series of publications, we have employed ontological theories and principles used to evaluate and improve the quality of conceptual modeling grammars and models. In this artic...
One of the most challenging issues in managing the large and diverse data available on the World Wide Web is the design of interactive systems to organize and represent information...