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

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction: An Essay on the Role and Evolution of Data(base) Semantics....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Data Semantics on the Information Superhighway....Pages 11-33
Value-added Mediation in Large-Scale Information Systems....Pages 34-56
Information Visualization: The Need for a Data Base Approach....Pages 57-61
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
The Context Interchange Network Prototype....Pages 65-92
Extending a Multidatabase Manipulation Language to Resolve Schema and Data Conflicts....Pages 93-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
A Repository System for Business Rules....Pages 119-139
Description, Conversion, and Planning for Semantic Interoperability....Pages 140-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Stepwise Refinement of Complex Object Constraints in Design Views for Concurrent Engineering....Pages 167-187
Compiling a Declarative High-Level Language for Semantic Integrity Constraints....Pages 188-226
Maintaining instance-based constraints in the Metadata View Graph....Pages 227-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Semantic Update Optimization in Active Databases....Pages 253-269
A Customizable Model for the Semantics of Active Databases....Pages 270-314
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Towards a Framework for Efficient Management of Potentially Conflicting Database Updates....Pages 317-344
Schema Translation between Heterogeneous Data Models in a Lattice Framework....Pages 345-364
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Flexible Design and Efficient Implementation of a Hypermedia Document Database System by Tailoring Semantic Relationships....Pages 367-388
A graphical tool for specifying semantic enrichment of relational databases....Pages 389-420
Front Matter....Pages 421-421
Default knowledge in information systems....Pages 423-442
Using cases to build intelligent decision support systems....Pages 443-460
Manufacturing Systems Modeling with Roles: A Comprehensive Approach....Pages 461-478
Front Matter....Pages 479-479
Concept clustering for cooperation in heterogeneous information systems....Pages 481-499
Integrated Semantics for Information and Communication Systems....Pages 500-525
A Framework for Representation, Validation and Implementation of Database Application Semantics....Pages 526-546
Front Matter....Pages 547-547
Maintaining Database Consistency in the Presence of Schema Evolution....Pages 549-572
Metadata Extensions to an Object-Oriented Data Model for the Dynamic Capture of Engineering Design Histories....Pages 573-600
Panel: Data Semantics: what, where and how?....Pages 601-610
Back Matter....Pages 611-613