Research Catalog

Title

Database applications semantics : proceedings of the IFIP WG 2.6 Working Conference on Database Applications Semantics (DS-6), Stone Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., May 30-June 2, 1995 / edited by Robert Meersman and Leo Mark.

Author

IFIP WG 2.6 Working Conference on Database Applications Semantics (1995 : Stone Mountain, Ga.)

Publication

London : Chapman & Hall, 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Meersman, R.
• Mark, Leo.
• IFIP WG 2.6.

Description

vii, 613 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Data structures (Computer science) > Congresses
• Programming languages (Electronic computers) > Semantics > Congresses
• Database management > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Introduction: An essay on the role and evolution of data(base) semantics / R. Meersman -- 1. Data semantics on the information superhighway / D. Beech -- 2. Value-added mediation in large-scale information systems / G. Wiederhold -- 3. Information visualization: the need for a data base approach / J. Foley -- 4. The context interchange network prototype / A. Daruwala, C. Goh and S. Hofmeister [et al.] -- 5. Extending a multidatabase manipulation language to resolve schema and data conflicts / P. Missier and M. Rusinkiewicz -- 6. A repository system for business rules / H. Herbst and T. Myrach -- 7. Description, conversion, and planning for semantic interoperability / A. Rosenthal and E. Sciore -- 8. Stepwise refinement of complex object constraints in design views for concurrent engineering / F. S. Al-Anzi and D. L. Spooner -- 9. Compiling a declarative high-level language for semantic integrity constraints / S. M. Embury and P. M. D. Gray --
• 10. Maintaining instance-based constraints in the metadata view graph / J. Pittges -- 11. Semantic update optimization in active databases / J. P. Yoon and L. Kerschberg -- 12. A customizable model for the semantic of active databases / S. Comai, P. Fraternali and G. Psaila [et al.] -- 13. Towards a framework for efficient management of potentially conflicting database updates / M. Doherty and R. Hull -- 14. Schema translation between heterogeneous data models in a lattice framework / P. Atzeni and R. Torlone -- 15. Flexible design and efficient implementation of a hypermedia document databases system by tailoring semantic relationships / J. Wasch and K. Aberer -- 16. A graphical tool for specifying semantic enrichment of relational databases / U. Hohenstein and C. Korner -- 17. Default reasoning in information systems / T. A. Halpin and D. Vermeir -- 18. Using cases to build intelligent decision support systems / J. Zeleznikow, D. Hunter and A. Stranieri --
• 19. Manufacturing systems modeling with roles: a comprehensive approach / R. K. Wong and Q. Li -- 20. Concept clustering for cooperation in heterogeneous information systems / U. Srinivasan, A. H. H. Ngu and T. D. Gedeon -- 21. Integrated semantics for information and communication systems / H. Weigand, E. Verharen and F. Dignum -- 22. A framework for representation, validation and implementation of databases application semantics / M. van Keulen, J. Skowronek and P. M. G. Apers [et al.] -- 23. Maintaining database consistency in the presence of schema evolution / L. Liu -- 24. Metadata extensions to an object-oriented data model for the dynamic capture of engineering design histories / D. K. Jeon, S. D. Urban and J. Shah [et al.] -- Panel: Semantics in practical applications - what, when, and how?

ISBN

0412726009

OCLC

ocm36059711

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries