Towards a formal data management strategy for a web-based community

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 226-242

  Adiele, Chima ^a   Ehikioya, Sylvanus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

algebraic signatures; common term vocabulary; data integration; data management; e commerce; web based community

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548111248     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2005.006065     Document Type: Article

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