Theories of meaning in schema matching: An exploratory study

Information Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-44

  Evermann, Joerg ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Database; Experiments; Integration; Meaning; Schema matching

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DATABASE INTEGRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FUTURE RESEARCHES; IT IDENTIFIES; MEANING; SCHEMA MATCHING;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 55349131016     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.is.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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