Provenance refers to any information describing the production process of an end product,
which can be anything from a piece of digital data to a physical object. While this survey …

Generating value from data requires the ability to find, access and make sense of datasets.
There are many efforts underway to encourage data sharing and reuse, from scientific …

10.1—The distortion of the front surface of the stream produced by the magnetic field as the
stream advances towards the Earth has been described briefly in §§ 6.6 and 7.7; as was …

With the popularization of data access and usage, an increasing number of users without
expert knowledge of databases is required to perform data interactions. Often, these users …

Democracies must insure that each new generation of citizens identify with the common
good and become engaged members of their communities. Such goals are prominent in the …

An answer to a query has a well-defined lineage expression (alternatively called how-
provenance) that explains how the answer was derived. Recent work has also shown how to …

This paper investigates the consistency of outcome framing effects on choice across two
arenas of outcome: human life and money. Past research has yielded notable variability in …

Database management systems (or DBMSs) have been around for decades, and yet are still
difficult to use, particularly when trying to identify and fix errors in user programs (or queries) …

One useful feature that is missing from today's database systems is an explain capability that
enables users to seek clarifications on unexpected query results. There are two types of …

It has recently been asserted that the usability of a database is as important as its capability.
Understanding the database schema, the hidden relationships among attributes in the data …