A Model-Based Mediator System for Scientific Data Management
Bertram Ludäscher, Amarnath Gupta and Maryann E. Martone
A database mediator system combines information from multiple existing source databases and creates a new virtual, mediated database that comprises the integrated entities and their relationships. When mediating scientific data, the technically challenging problem of mediator query processing is further complicated by the complexity of the source data and the relationships between them. In particular, one is often confronted with complex multiple-world scenarios in which the semantics of individual sources, as well as the knowledge to link them, require a deeper modeling than is offered by current database mediator ...
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