The number of new applications in need of database support is exploding and there is an increasing need to link and access database systems supporting these new applications via computer networks. End-users and non-computer experts are becoming heavily involved in the set-up, management and use of database systems and this book provides the important database design methodologies and implementation technology which should be available for them as well as for computer experts.

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Keynotes. Semantic interoperablitiy. Semantic interoperablity continued. Semantic integrity constraints. Active databases. Database semantics theory. Hypermedia database and graphical tools. Object-role modeling and intelligent systems. Cooperation and communication. Schema evolution. Panel.