Semantic interoperability in information services: Experiencing with CoopWARE

SIGMOD Record (ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data)

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-75

  Gal, Avigdor ^a  

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EID: 0002770949     PISSN: 01635808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/309844.310061     Document Type: Article

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