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Stefano Spaccapietra
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Fred Maryanski
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Constraints
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Front Matter
Pages 351-351
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- Isabelle Boydens, Alain Pirotte, Esteban Zimanyi
Pages 353-377
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- James Brawner, Bonnie MacKellar, Joan Peckham, James Vorbach
Pages 378-405
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Database Integration
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Front Matter
Pages 407-407
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- Hongjun Lu, Weiguo Fan, Cheng Hian Goh, Stuart E. Madnick, David W. Cheung
Pages 409-427
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- Chris Clifton, Ed Housman, Arnon Rosenthal
Pages 428-451
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Spatio-Temporal Databases
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Front Matter
Pages 453-453
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- Christophe Claramunt, Christine Parent, Marius Thériault
Pages 455-475
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- Volker Gruhn, Martin Fegert, Monika Schneider
Pages 476-497
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Back Matter
Pages 499-501
About this book
Searching for Semantics: Data Mining, Reverse Engineering Stefano Spaccapietra Fred M aryanski Swiss Federal Institute of Technology University of Connecticut Lausanne, Switzerland Storrs, CT, USA REVIEW AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS In the last few years, database semantics research has turned sharply from a highly theoretical domain to one with more focus on practical aspects. The DS- 7 Working Conference held in October 1997 in Leysin, Switzerland, demon strated the more pragmatic orientation of the current generation of leading researchers. The papers presented at the meeting emphasized the two major areas: the discovery of semantics and semantic data modeling. The work in the latter category indicates that although object-oriented database management systems have emerged as commercially viable prod ucts, many fundamental modeling issues require further investigation. Today's object-oriented systems provide the capability to describe complex objects and include techniques for mapping from a relational database to objects. However, we must further explore the expression of information regarding the dimensions of time and space. Semantic models possess the richness to describe systems containing spatial and temporal data. The challenge of in corporating these features in a manner that promotes efficient manipulation by the subject specialist still requires extensive development.
Editors and Affiliations
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
Stefano Spaccapietra
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
Fred Maryanski