A uniform framework for integration of information from the web

Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-91

  May, Wolfgang ^a   Lausen, Georg ^b  

^a Institut für Informatik   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exploration; Information integration; Web access; Wrapping

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HTML; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; QUERY LANGUAGES; WEBSITES;

INFORMATION INTEGRATION SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0242410457     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4379(03)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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