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Database Applications Semantics

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Robert Meersman

    1. Free University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium

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  2. Leo Mark

    1. Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

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Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: An Essay on the Role and Evolution of Data(base) Semantics

    1. Introduction: An Essay on the Role and Evolution of Data(base) Semantics

      • Robert Meersman
      Pages 1-7

  4. Semantic Interoperability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. The Context Interchange Network Prototype

      • Adil Daruwala, Cheng Goh, Scott Hofmeister, Karim Hussein, Stuart Madnick, Michael Siegel
      Pages 65-92

    3. Extending a Multidatabase Manipulation Language to Resolve Schema and Data Conflicts

      • Paolo Missier, Marek Rusinkiewicz
      Pages 93-115

  5. Semantic Interoperability (continued)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. A Repository System for Business Rules

      • H. Herbst, T. Myrach
      Pages 119-139

    3. Description, Conversion, and Planning for Semantic Interoperability

      • A. Rosenthal, E. Sciore
      Pages 140-164

  6. Semantic Integrity Constraints

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Stepwise Refinement of Complex Object Constraints in Design Views for Concurrent Engineering

      • F. S. Al-Anzi, D. L. Spooner
      Pages 167-187

    3. Compiling a Declarative High-Level Language for Semantic Integrity Constraints

      • Suzanne M. Embury, Peter M. D. Gray
      Pages 188-226

    4. Maintaining instance-based constraints in the Metadata View Graph

      • Jeff Pittges
      Pages 227-249

  7. Active Databases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    2. Semantic Update Optimization in Active Databases

      • Jong P. Yoon, Larry Kerschberg
      Pages 253-269

    3. A Customizable Model for the Semantics of Active Databases

      • Sara Cornai, Piero Fraternali, Giuseppe Psaila, Letizia Tanca
      Pages 270-314

  8. Database Semantics Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 315-315
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About this book

The number of new applications in need of database support is exploding and there is an increasing need to link and access database systems supporting these new applications via computer networks. End-users and non-computer experts are becoming heavily involved in the set-up, management and use of database systems and this book provides the important database design methodologies and implementation technology which should be available for them as well as for computer experts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Free University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium

    Robert Meersman

  • Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

    Leo Mark

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Database Applications Semantics

  • Editors: Robert Meersman, Leo Mark

  • Series Title: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34913-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-72600-2Published: 31 October 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-34913-8Published: 09 January 2016

  • Series ISSN: 1868-4238

  • Series E-ISSN: 1868-422X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 613

  • Topics: Information Storage and Retrieval

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