View Integration: A Step Forward in Solving Structural Conflicts

IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 258-274

  Spaccapietra, Stefano ^a   Parent, Christine ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

data models; data structures; Database design; database management systems; entity relationship modelling; schema integration; view integration

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DESIGN; MANAGEMENT;

DATA MODELS; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MODELLING; SCHEMA INTEGRATION; VIEW INTEGRATION;

DATA STRUCTURES;

EID: 0028404663     PISSN: 10414347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/69.277770     Document Type: Article

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