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A Semi-automatic Technique for Constructing a Global Representation of Information Sources Having Different Formats and Structure

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Abstract. In this paper we propose a semi-automatic technique for constructing a global representation of information sources having different formats and structures. The proposed technique exploits a conceptual model, called SDR-Network, for both uniformly representing and deriving the semantics of involved information sources. The global representation is enriched with two support structures which improve access transparency to stored information, namely a global semantic catalogue (or Metascheme) and a Set of Mappings, encoding the transformations carried out during the construction of the global representation.

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  1. Dipartimento di Informatica, Elettronica, Matematica e Trasporti, Università degli Studi “Mediterranea” di Reggio Calabria, Via Graziella, Località Feo di Vito, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Domenico Rosaci, Giorgio Terracina & Domenico Ursino

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  1. University of Klagenfurt, IFI -IWAS Universitaetsstr. 65, 9020, Klagenfurt, Austria

    Heinrich C. Mayr

  2. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Technicka 2, 166 27, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    Jiri Lazansky

  3. School of Computer and Information Science, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095

    Gerald Quirchmayr

  4. Department of Information Systems, Technical University of Munich, Orleanstr. 34, 81667, Munich, Germany

    Pavel Vogel

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Rosaci, D., Terracina, G., Ursino, D. (2001). A Semi-automatic Technique for Constructing a Global Representation of Information Sources Having Different Formats and Structure. In: Mayr, H.C., Lazansky, J., Quirchmayr, G., Vogel, P. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2113. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44759-8_71

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