Table of Contents

• Connecting Databases to the Web: A Taxonomy of GatewaysGerald Ehmayer, Gerti Kappel, Siegfried Reich. 1-15
• Multimedia Federated Databases on Intranets: Web-Enabling IRO-DBGeorges Gardarin. 16-27
• A Terminological Canonical Data Model for Cooperating Heterogeneous Geographical Information SystemsTarek Branki, Bruno Defude. 28-37
• An Extensible Approach to Reactive Processing in an Advanced Object Modelling EnvironmentLeung-Chi Chan, Qing Li. 38-47
• Constructing the Functional ModelJohn K. Debenham. 48-57
• Horizontal Class Partitioning in Object-Oriented DatabasesLadjel Bellatreche, Kamalakar Karlapalem, Ana Simonet. 58-67
• Incremental Inheritance Model for an OODBMSMohammed Benattou, Lotfi Lakhal. 68-80
• A Clustering Technique for Object Oriented DatabasesJean-Yves Gay, Le Gruenwald. 81-90
• Design and Implementation of TEMPO Fuzzy TriggersTarik Bouaziz, Janne Karvonen, Anton Pesonen, Antoni Wolski. 91-100
• Supporting and Maintaining Derivations: a Declarative Active ApproachMohammad Said Desouki, Ana Simonet, Michel Simonet. 101-111
• A Proposal for Histories in Object DBMSMarie-Christine Fauvet, Jean-François Canavaggio, Pierre-Claude Scholl. 112-121
• Activity Threads: A Unified Framework for Aiding Behavioural ModellingBernard Faure, Maguelonne Teisseire, Rosine Cicchetti. 122-131
• Linking Object-Oriented Conceptual Modeling with Object-Oriented Implementation in JavaOscar Pastor, Emilio Insfrán, Vicente Pelechano, Susana Ramirez. 132-141
• Toward a Unified Data Model for Large Hypermedia ApplicationsBing Wang. 142-151
• Managing the Global Behaviour of Composite ObjectsChabane Oussalah, Martine Magnan, Sylvain Vauttier. 152-161
• Heuristic Clustering of Database Objects According to Multi-Valued AttributesJukka Teuhola. 162-171
• Object-Oriented Environment for Collaborative Software DesignWaldemar Wieczerzycki. 172-181
• Refined Termination Decision in Active DatabasesSin Yeung Lee, Tok Wang Ling. 182-191
• A Time-Stamped Authoring Graph for Video DatabasesKoji Zettsu, Kuniaki Uehara, Katsumi Tanaka, Nobuo Kimura. 192-201
• An Approach to Spatio-Temporal Queries - Interval-Based Contents Representation of ImagesMasayoshi Aritsugi, Toshimo Tagashira, Toshiyuki Amagasa, Yoshinari Kanamori. 202-213
• An Image Retrieval System Based on the Visualization of System Relevance via DocumentsNathalie Denos, Catherine Berrut, Mourad Mechkour. 214-224
• ImageRoadMap: A New Content-based Image Retrieval SystemYoungchoon Park, Forouzan Golshani. 225-239
• First Steps to a Formal Framework for Multilevel Database ModificationsFrank Buddrus, Heino Gärtner, Sven-Eric Lautemann. 240-251
• Versions of Integrity Constraints in Multiversion DatabasesAnne Doucet, Sophie Monties. 252-261
• Structuring the Process of Integrity MaintenanceEnric Mayol, Ernest Teniente. 262-275
• A Retrieval Mechanism for Semi-Structured Photographic CollectionsJoemon M. Jose, David J. Harper. 276-292
• Encapsulating Multimedia Contents and a Copyright Protection Mechanism into Distributed ObjectsYutaka Kidawara, Katsumi Tanaka, Kuniaki Uehara. 293-302
• A Priority-Driven Inheritance Scheme for Reusing Temporal-Spatial Structures in Multimedia DatabasesJisook Park, Yunmook Nah, Sukho Lee. 303-312
• Relational Database Engineering and Terminological ReasoningJacques Kouloumdjian, Farouk Toumani. 313-323
• Efficient Answer Extraction of Deductive Databases Modeled by HLPNKamel Barkaoui, Yasmina Maïzi. 324-336
• Modeling Negative and Disjunctive Information in Relational DatabasesRajshekhar Sunderraman. 337-346
• Query-Driven Data Allocation Algorithms for Distributed Database SystemsKamalakar Karlapalem, Ng Moon Pun. 347-356
• A General Multidimensional Data Allocation Method for Multicomputer Database SystemsYu-lung Lo, Kien A. Hua, Honesty C. Young. 357-366
• Distributed Object Oriented Databases: An Allocation MethodFranck Ravat, Marianne De Michiel, Gilles Zurfluh. 367-376
• A Meta Message Approach for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)Christian Huemer, Gerald Quirchmayr, A. Min Tjoa. 377-386
• Schemaless Representation of Semistructured Data and Schema ConstructionDong-Yal Seo, Dong-ha Lee, Kang-Sik Moon, Jisook Chang, Jeon-Young Lee, Chang-You Han. 387-396
• M-ary Commitment Protocol with Partially Ordered DomainIwao Shimojo, Takayuki Tachikawa, Makoto Takizawa. 397-408
• Metadata for a Digital Library of Historical DocumentsMaría José Aramburu Cabo, Rafael Berlanga Llavori. 409-418
• Assembling Documents from Digital LibrariesHelena Ahonen, Barbara Heikkinen, Oskari Heinonen, Pekka Kilpeläinen. 419-429
• Two-Layer Transaction Management for Workflow Management ApplicationsPaul W. P. J. Grefen, Jochem Vonk, Erik Boertjes, Peter M. G. Apers. 430-439
• Crash Recovery in an Open and Safe Nested Transaction ModelSanjay Kumar Madria, S. N. Maheshwari, B. Chandra, Bharat K. Bhargava. 440-451
• A Machine Learning Workbench in a DOOD FrameworkWerner Winiwarter, Yahiko Kambayashi. 452-461
• Examining Complex Objects for Type Scheme DiscoveryTakao Miura, Isamu Shioya. 462-477
• A Framework for Algebraic Optimization of Object-Oriented Query LanguagesIssam Abbas, Omar Boucelma. 478-487
• A Library Application on Top of an RDBMS: Performance AspectsOleg Balownew, Thomas Bode, Armin B. Cremers, Jürgen Kalinski, Jens E. Wolff, H. Rottmann. 488-497
• Analysis of Nearest Neighbor Query Performance in Multidimensional Index StructuresGuang-Ho Cha, Ho-Hyun Park, Chin-Wan Chung. 498-507
• A Query Language and Interface for Integrated Media and Alphanumeric Database SystemsJia-Ling Koh, Arbee L. P. Chen, Paul C. M. Chang, James C. C. Chen. 508-518
• An Algebraic Query Language for Object-Oriented Data ModelsS. Kazem Lellahi, Rachid Souah, Nicolas Spyratos. 519-528
• The Development of Ordered SQL Packages for Modelling Advanced ApplicationsWilfred Ng, Mark Levene. 529-538
• Incremental Update Algorithms for Materialized Spatial Views by Using Derivation RelationshipsSang-Ho Moon, Bong-Hee Kim, Bonghee Hong. 539-550
• Incremental Maintenance of Materialized ViewsMukesh K. Mohania, Shin ichi Konomi, Yahiko Kambayashi. 551-560
• Federated Information Management for Cooperative Virtual OrganizationsHamideh Afsarmanesh, Luis M. Camarinha-Matos. 561-572
• Extending a View Mechanism to Support Schema Evolution in Federated Database SystemsZohra Bellahsene. 573-582
• On the Query Treatment in Federated SystemsYangjun Chen, Wolfgang Benn. 583-592
• Query Processing and Transforming for a Federated Database SystemXuequn Wu. 593-602
• Valid or Complete Information in Databases - A Possibility Theory-Based AnalysisDidier Dubois, Henri Prade. 603-612
• Handling Imperfection in Databases: A Modal Logic ApproachMichinori Nakata, Germano Resconi, Tetsuya Murai. 613-622
• Text Knowledge Engineering by Qualitative Terminological LearningUdo Hahn, Klemens Schnattinger. 623-632
• A Tesseral Approach to n-Dimensional Spatial ReasoningFrans Coenen, Bridget Beattie, Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, B. M. Diaz, Michael J. R. Shave. 633-642
• Guidance for Requirements Engineering ProcessesSamira Si-Said, Colette Rolland. 643-652
• Repository Based Software Cost EstimationAndreas Henrich. 653-662
• Using a Generic Approach to Support the Construction of MethodsVéronique Plihon, Colette Rolland. 663-672
• The Role of Structural Events in Behaviour SpecificationDolors Costal, Maria-Ribera Sancho, Antoni Olivé, Anna Roselló. 673-686