Logics for Emerging Applications of Databases [Hardcover]

In this era of heterogeneous and distributed data sources, ranging from semistructured documents to knowledge about coordination processes or workflows, logic provides a rich set of tools and techniques with which to address the questions of how to represent, query and reason about complex data.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of research on the application of logic-based methods to information systems, covering highly topical and emerging fields: XML programming and querying, intelligent agents, workflow modeling and verification, data integration, temporal and dynamic information, data mining, authorization, and security. It provides both scientists and graduate students with a wealth of material and references for their own research and education.

In this era of heterogeneous and distributed data sources, ranging from semistructured documents to knowledge about coordination processes or workflows, logic provides a rich set of tools and techniques with which to address the questions of how to represent, query and reason about complex data.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of research on the application of logic-based methods to information systems, covering highly topical and emerging fields: XML programming and querying, intelligent agents, workflow modeling and verification, data integration, temporal and dynamic information, data mining, authorization, and security. It provides both scientists and graduate students with a wealth of material and references for their own research and education.

1 XML: Model, Schemas, Types, Logics, and Queries.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 XML Fundamentals.- 1.3 XML Schema Notations.- 1.4 Programming and Querying XML.- 1.5 The Theory of Regular Tree Languages.- 1.6 XML Query Languages versus Automata and Logic.- 1.7 Conclusion.- References.- 2 Query Answering in Inconsistent Databases.- 2.1 Introductl#Ý