Ontologies and Databases 1st Ed. Softcover of Orig. Ed. 1999 edition

Marc Notes: Originally published: c1999.; A special issue of Distributed and parallel databases: an international journal. Volume 7, No. 1 (1999).; Includes bibliographical references.;'Ontologies and Databases' brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area. It serves as a reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field. Table of Contents: Guest Editorial; A. Bouguettaya. Ontologies are not the Panacea in Data Integration: A Flexible Coordinator to Mediate Context Construction; A. M. Ouksel, I. Ahmed. Controlled Vocabularies in OODBs: Modeling Issues and Implementation; Li-Min Liu, et al. A Discovery-Based Approach to Databases Ontology Design; S. Castano, V. de Antonellis. Regular Paper. Load Balancing for Parallel Query Execution on NUMA Multiprocessors; L. Bouganim, et al. Publisher Marketing: 'Ontologies and Databases' brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area. It serves as a reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field.