Observer:An approach for query processing in global information systems based on interoperation across pre-existing ontologies

Proceedings - 1st IFCIS International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems, CoopIS 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 14-25

  Mena, E ^a,b   Kashyap, V ^a,c   Sheth, A ^a   Illarramendi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA DESCRIPTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; QUERY LANGUAGES; SEMANTICS;

CRITICAL PROBLEMS; DESCRIPTION LOGIC; DIFFERENT DOMAINS; GLOBAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE; GLOBAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HETEROGENEOUS DATA; INFORMATION CONTENTS; SCALABLE APPROACH;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 85034134393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COOPIS.1996.554955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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