Semantic Interoperability in Global Information Systems: A brief introduction to the research area and the special section

SIGMOD Record

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-12

  Ouksel, Aris M ^a   Sheth, Amit ^a  

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EID: 85009048916     PISSN: 01635808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/309844.309849     Document Type: Article

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