Most databases contain “name constants” like course numbers, personal names, and place
names that correspond to entities in the real world. Previous work in integration of …

When integrating information from multiple websites, the same data objects can exist in
inconsistent text formats across sites, making it difficult to identify matching objects using …

Approximate data matching is a central problem in several data management processes,
such as data integration, data cleaning, approximate queries, similarity search and so on. An …

The integration of distributed, heterogeneous databases, such as those available on the
World Wide Web, poses many problems. Herer we consider the problem of integrating data …

The degree to which information sources are prc-processed by Web-based information
systems varies greatly. ln search engines like Altavista, little pre-processing is done, while in …

We describe WHIRL, an “information representation language” that synergistically combines
properties of logic-based and text-based representation systems. WHIRL is a subset of …

New applications from the areas of analytical data processing and data integration require
powerful features to condense and reconcile available data. As outlined in [1], the general …

Data integration as required in a variety of applications like data warehousing, information
system integration etc. makes great demands regarding features to deal with overlapping …

From the mounds of raw information available electronically today, what professionais really
need are targeted, timely nuggets of knowledge that can guide the solution to business …

The degree to which information sources are pre-processed by Web-based information
systems varies greatly. In search engines like Altavista, little pre-processing is done, while in …