Database and Expert Systems Applications: 8th International Conference, DEXA '97 Toulouse, France, September 1–5, 1997 Proceedings

Connecting databases to the web: A taxonomy of gateways....Pages 1-15
Multimedia federated databases on intranets: Web-enabling IRO-DB....Pages 16-27
A terminological canonical data model for cooperating heterogeneous geographical information systems....Pages 28-37
An extensible approach to reactive processing in an advanced object modelling environment....Pages 38-47
Constructing the functional model....Pages 48-57
Horizontal class partitioning in object-oriented databases....Pages 58-67
Incremental inheritance model for an OODBMS....Pages 68-80
A clustering technique for object-oriented databases....Pages 81-90
Design and implementation of TEMPO fuzzy triggers....Pages 91-100
Supporting and maintaining derivations: A declarative active approach active approach....Pages 101-111
Modeling histories in object DBMS....Pages 112-121
Activity threads: A unified framework for aiding behavioural modelling....Pages 122-131
Linking object-oriented conceptual modeling with object-oriented implementation in Java....Pages 132-141
Toward a unified data model for large hypermedia applications....Pages 142-151
Managing the global behavior of composite objects....Pages 152-161
Heuristic clustering of database objects according to multi-valued attributes....Pages 162-171
Object-oriented environment for collaborative software design....Pages 172-181
Refined termination decision in active databases....Pages 182-191
A time-stamped authoring graph for video databases....Pages 192-201
An approach to spatio-temporal queries....Pages 202-213
An image retrieval system based on the visualization of system relevance via documents....Pages 214-224
ImageRoadMap: A new content-based image retrieval system....Pages 225-239
First steps to a formal framework for multilevel database modifications....Pages 240-251
Versions of integrity constraints in multiversion databases....Pages 252-261
Structuring the process of integrity maintenance....Pages 262-275
A retrieval mechanism for semi-structured photographic collections....Pages 276-292
Encapsulating multimedia contents and a copyright protection mechanism into distributed objects....Pages 293-302
A priority-driven inheritance scheme for temporal-spatial structures in multimedia databases....Pages 303-312
Relational database reverse engineering and terminological reasoning....Pages 313-323
Efficient answer extraction of deductive databases modeled by HLPN....Pages 324-336
Modeling negative and disjunctive information in relational databases....Pages 337-346
Query-driven data allocation algorithms for distributed database systems....Pages 347-356
A general multidimensional data allocation method for multicomputer database systems....Pages 357-366
Distribution object oriented databases: An allocation method....Pages 367-376
A meta message approach for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)....Pages 377-386
Schemaless representation of semistructured data and schema construction....Pages 387-396
 M -ary commitment protocol with partially ordered domain....Pages 397-408
Metadata for a digital library of historical documents....Pages 409-418
Assembling documents from digital libraries....Pages 419-429
Two-layer transaction management for workflow management applications....Pages 430-439
Crash recovery in an open and safe nested transaction model....Pages 440-451
A machine learning workbench in a DOOD framework....Pages 452-461
Examining complex objects for type scheme discovery....Pages 462-477
A framework for algebraic optimization of object-oriented query languages....Pages 478-487
A library application on top of an RDBMS: Performance aspects....Pages 488-497
Analysis of nearest neighbor query performance in multidimensional index structures....Pages 498-507
A query language and interface for integrated media and alphanumeric database systems....Pages 508-518
An algebraic query language for object-oriented data models....Pages 519-528
The development of ordered SQL packages for modelling advanced applications....Pages 529-538
Incremental update algorithms for materialized spatial views by using view derivation relationships....Pages 539-550
Incremental maintenance of materialized views....Pages 551-560
Federated information management for cooperative virtual organizations....Pages 561-572
Extending a view mechanism to support schema evolution in federated database systems....Pages 573-582
On the query treatment in federated systems....Pages 583-592
Query processing and transforming for a federated database System....Pages 593-602
Valid or complete information in databases —A possibility theory-based analysis—....Pages 603-612
Handling imperfection in databases: A modal logic approach....Pages 613-622
Text knowledge engineering by qualitative terminological learning....Pages 623-632
A tesseral approach to N-dimensional spatial reasoning....Pages 633-642
Guidance for requirements engineering processes....Pages 643-652
Repository based software cost estimation....Pages 653-662
Using a generic approach to support the construction of methods....Pages 663-672
The role of structural events in behaviour specification....Pages 673-686