DocumentCode
2582149
Title
An Integrity Semantics for Open World Databases
Author
Decker, Hendrik
Author_Institution
Inst. Tecnologico de Informatica, Ciudad Politecnica de la Innovacion, Valencia
fYear
0
fDate
0-0 0
Firstpage
532
Lastpage
536
Abstract
We develop a model-based integrity semantics which is open for missing facts. We do so by instantiating a generic three-valued integrity semantics. We first recapitulate the latter. Based on that, we introduce and discuss the definitions for an OWA-compatible integrity semantics which caters for databases in which facts are possibly missing. We also touch upon some open issues, paraconsistency aspects and a related recent result
Keywords
data integrity; database management systems; OWA-compatible integrity semantics; generic three-valued integrity semantics; open world databases; Counting circuits; Delay; Distributed databases; Expert systems; Inference mechanisms; Logic; Open wireless architecture; Terminology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Database and Expert Systems Applications, 2006. DEXA '06. 17th International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Krakow
ISSN
1529-4188
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2641-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DEXA.2006.26
Filename
1698400
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