Journal On Data Semantics Vii (lecture Notes In Computer Science / Journal On Data Semantics (closed))

The LNCS Journal on Data Semantics is devoted to the presentation of notable work that, in one way or another, addresses research and development on issues related to data semantics. Based on the highly visible publication platform Lecture Notes in Computer Science, this new journal is widely disseminated and available worldwide. The scope of the journal ranges from theories supporting the formal definition of semantic content to innovative domain-specific applications of semantic knowledge. The journal addresses researchers and advanced practitioners working on the semantic web, interoperability, mobile information services, data warehousing, knowledge representation and reasoning, conceptual database modeling, ontologies, and artificial intelligence. Front Matter....Pages - Discovering the Semantics of Relational Tables Through Mappings....Pages 1-32 Specifying the Semantics of Operation Contracts in Conceptual Modeling....Pages 33-56 Model-Driven Ontology Engineering....Pages 57-78 Inheritance in Rule-Based Frame Systems: Semantics and Inference....Pages 79-135 Unsupervised Duplicate Detection Using Sample Non-duplicates....Pages 136-164 Towards Algebraic Query Optimisation for XQuery....Pages 165-195 Automatic Image Description Based on Textual Data....Pages 196-218 Reasoning About ORA-SS Data Models Using the Semantic Web....Pages 219-241 A Pragmatic Approach to Model and Exploit the Semantics of Product Information....Pages 242-266 Back Matter....Pages -

The LNCS Journal on Data Semantics is devoted to the presentation of notable work that addresses research and development on issues related to data semantics. Based on the publication platform Lecture Notes in Computer Science, this new journal is widely disseminated and available worldwide. The scope of the journal ranges from theories supporting the formal definition of semantic content to innovative domain-specific applications of semantic knowledge.