One of the key factors that hinders integration of distributed, heterogeneousinformation systems is the lack of a formal basis for modeling the complex, structuredknowledge that is to be exchanged. To alleviate this situation, we present anapproach based on core ontologies. Core ontologies are...

The semantics of rich multimedia presentations in the websuch as SMIL, SVG and Flash cannot or only to a verylimited extend be understood by search engines today. Thishampers the retrieval of such presentations and makes theirarchival and management a difficult task. Existing metadatamodels and...

This paper proposes model-driven techniques to extend IBM’s SOMA method towardsmigrating legacy systems into Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA). The proposal exploreshow graph-based querying and transformation techniques enable the integration oflegacy assets into a new SOA. The presented...

Dieses Dokument schlägt ein Konzept für eine Personal Key Infrastrukturin iCity vor. Über ein Trust Center (TC) ausgestellte Zertikategewährleisten einen sicheren Schlüsselaustausch mit nachweisbarer Authentisierungdes Kommunikationspartners, Abhörsicherheit sowie Unverfälschtheit und...