Semantic query transformation using ontologies

Proceedings of the International Database Engineering and Applications Symposium, IDEAS

Volumn 2005-January, Issue January, 2005, Pages 187-199

  Necib, Chokri Ben ^a   Freytag, Johann Christoph ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; QUERY LANGUAGES; SEMANTICS;

NEW APPROACHES; REWRITING RULES; REWRITTEN QUERY; SEMANTIC INFORMATION; SEMANTIC KNOWLEDGE; SEMANTIC QUERY; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES; USER'S INTENTIONS;

QUERY PROCESSING;

EID: 38049039887     PISSN: 10988068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IDEAS.2005.51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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