Data integration, heterogeneous database systems, interoperability bibliography

2006

 * Clean Answers over Dirty Databases: A Probabilistic Approach. Periklis Andritsos, Ariel Fuxman, Ren&eacute;e J. Miller. ICDE 2006. (data integration and database interoperability)
 * Efficient Batch Top-k Search for Dictionary-based Entity Recognition. Amit Chandel, P. C. Nagesh, Sunita Sarawagi. ICDE 2006. (data integration and database interoperability)
 * Integrating Unstructured Data into Relational Databases. Imran R. Mansuri, Sunita Sarawagi. ICDE 2006. (data integration and database interoperability)

2005

 * A Probabilistic XML Approach to Data Integration. Maurice van Keulen, Ander de Keijzer, Wouter Alink. ICDE 2005. (data integration)
 * A Relationally Complete Visual Query Language for Heterogeneous Data Sources and Pervasive Querying. Stavros Polyviou, George Samaras, Paraskevas Evripidou. ICDE 2005. (data integration)
 * Composition of mappings given by embedded dependencies. Alan Nash, Philip A. Bernstein, Sergey Melnik. PODS 2005. (data integration &amp; interoperability)
 * Computing cores for data exchange: new algorithms and practical solutions. Georg Gottlob. PODS 2005. (data integration &amp; interoperability)
 * Enterprise information integration: successes, challenges and controversies. Alon Y. Halevy, Naveen Ashish, Dina Bitton, Michael J. Carey, Denise Draper, Jeff Pollock, Arnon Rosenthal, Vishal Sikka. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2005. (industrial paper, enterprise information integration)
 * Integrating Data from Disparate Sources: A Mass Collaboration Approach. Robert McCann, Alexander Kramnik, Warren Shen, Vanitha Varadarajan, Olu Sobulo, AnHai Doan. ICDE 2005. (data integration)
 * Lean middleware. David A. Maluf, David G. Bell, Naveen Ashish. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2005. (industrial paper, enterprise information integration)
 * Peer data exchange. Ariel Fuxman, Phokion G. Kolaitis, Ren&eacute;e J. Miller, Wang Chiew Tan. PODS 2005. (data integration &amp; interoperability)
 * THALIA: Test Harness for the Assessment of Legacy Information Integration Approaches. Joachim Hammer, Michael Stonebraker, Oguzhan Topsakal. ICDE 2005. (data integration)
 * Triggers over XML views of relational data. Feng Shao, Antal Novak, Jayavel Shanmugasundaram. ICDE 2005. (data integration)

2004

 * Adapting to Source Properties in Processing Data Integration Queries. Zachary G. Ives, Alon Y. Halevy, Daniel S. Weld. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2004. (data integration)
 * Constraint-Based XML Query Rewriting For Data Integration. Cong Yu, Lucian Popa. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2004. (data integration)
 * iMAP: Discovering Complex Mappings between Database Schemas. Robin Dhamankar, Yoonkyong Lee, AnHai Doan, Alon Y. Halevy, Pedro Domingos. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2004. (data integration)

2003

 * Capturing both Types and Constraints in Data Integration. Michael Benedikt, Chee Yong Chan, Wenfei Fan, Juliana Freire, Rajeev Rastogi. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2003. (data integration and sharing)
 * Computing full disjunctions. Yaron Kanza, Yehoshua Sagiv. PODS 2003. (data integration)
 * Data exchange: getting to the core. Ronald Fagin, Phokion G. Kolaitis, Lucian Popa. PODS 2003. (data integration)
 * Exchanging Intensional XML Data. Tova Milo, Serge Abiteboul, Bernd Amann, Omar Benjelloun, Frederic Dang Ngoc. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2003. (data integration and sharing)
 * Extracting Structured Data from Web Pages. Arvind Arasu, Hector Garcia-Molina. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2003. (data integration and sharing)
 * Mapping Data in Peer-to-Peer Systems: Semantics and Algorithmic Issues. Anastasios Kementsietsidis, Marcelo Arenas, Ren&eacute;e J. Miller. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2003. (data integration and sharing)
 * Scientific Data Repositories: Designing for a Moving Target. Etzard Stolte, Christoph von Praun, Gustavo Alonso, Thomas R. Gross. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2003. (data integration and sharing)

2001

 * Adaptable Query Optimization and Evaluation in Temporal Middleware. Giedrius Slivinskas, Christian S. Jensen, Richard T. Snodgrass. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (distributed and heterogeneous databases)
 * Catalog Management in Websphere Commerce Suite. Thomas Maguire. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (industrial track paper, catalog integration)
 * Content Integration for E-Business. Michael Stonebraker, Joseph M. Hellerstein. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (industrial track paper, catalog integration)
 * Efficient Evaluation of XML Middle-ware Queries. Mary F. Fernandez, Atsuyuki Morishima, Dan Suciu. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (distributed and heterogeneous databases)
 * Filtering Algorithms and Implementation for Very Fast Publish/Subscribe. Fran&ccedil;oise Fabret, Hans-Arno Jacobsen, Fran&ccedil;ois Llirbat, Jo&atilde;o Pereira, Kenneth A. Ross, Dennis Shasha. ACM SIGMOD Conference 2001. (distributed and heterogeneous databases)
 * Model-Based Mediation with Domain Maps. Bertram Lud&auml;scher, Amarnath Gupta, Maryann E. Martone. ICDE 2001. (integration and query processing in distributed environments)
 * Processing Queries with Expensive Functions and Large Objects in Distributed Mediator Systems. Luc Bouganim, Fran&ccedil;oise Fabret, Fabio Porto, Patrick Valduriez. ICDE 2001. (integration and query processing in distributed environments)
 * Tuning an SQL-Based PDM System in a Worldwide Client/Server Environment. Erich M&uuml;ller, Peter Dadam, Jost Enderle, M. Feltes. ICDE 2001. (integration and query processing in distributed environments)

2000

 * A Case-Based Approach to Information Integration. Maurizio Panti, Luca Spalazzi, Alberto Giretti. VLDB 2000. (information integration)
 * Approximate Query Translation Across Heterogeneous Information Sources. Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang, Hector Garcia-Molina. VLDB 2000. (information integration)
 * Design and Development of a Stream Service in a Heterogenous Client Environment. Nikos Pappas, Stavros Christodoulakis. VLDB 2000. (information integration)
 * Developing Cost Models with Qualitative Variables for Dynamic Multidatabase Environments. Qiang Zhu, Yu Sun, Satyanarayana Motheramgari. ICDE 2000. (heterogeneous queries)
 * Dynamic Query Scheduling in Data Integration Systems. Luc Bouganim, Fran&ccedil;oise Fabret, C. Mohan, Patrick Valduriez. ICDE 2000. (heterogeneous queries)
 * Query Planning with Limited Source Capabilities. Chen Li, Edward Y. Chang. ICDE 2000. (heterogeneous queries)

1999

 * Ad Hoc OLAP: Expression and Evaluation. Damianos Chatziantoniou. ICDE 1999. (poster, interoperable databases)
 * Algorithms for Index-Assisted Selectivity Estimation. Paul M. Aoki. ICDE 1999. (poster, interoperable databases)
 * Data Integration by Describing Sources with Constraint Databases. Xun Cheng, Guozhu Dong, Tzekwan Lau, Jianwen Su. ICDE 1999. (interoperable databases)
 * Data Warehouse Evolution: Trade-Offs between Quality and Cost of Query Rewritings. Amy J. Lee, Andreas Koeller, Anisoara Nica, Elke A. Rundensteiner. ICDE 1999. (poster, interoperable databases)
 * Data Warehouse Maintenance under Concurrent Schema and Data Updates. Xin Zhang, Elke A. Rundensteiner. ICDE 1999. (poster, interoperable databases)
 * Declarative and Procedural Object-Oriented Views. Ralph Busse, Peter Fankhauser. ICDE 1999. (poster, interoperable databases)
 * Exploiting Data Lineage for Parallel Optimization in Extensible DBMSs. Eddie C. Shek, Richard R. Muntz. ICDE 1999. (poster, interoperable databases)
 * Fast Approximate Query Answering Using Precomputed Statistics. Viswanath Poosala, Venkatesh Ganti. ICDE 1999. (poster, interoperable databases)
 * Fast Approximate Search Algorithm for Nearest Neighbor Queries in High Dimensions. Sakti Pramanik, Jinhua Li. ICDE 1999. (poster, interoperable databases)
 * Hash in Place with Memory Shifting: Datacube Computation Revisited. Jeffrey Xu Yu, Hongjun Lu. ICDE 1999. (poster, interoperable databases)
 * Heterogeneous Query Processing through SQL Table Functions. Berthold Reinwald, Hamid Pirahesh, Ganapathy Krishnamoorthy, George Lapis, Brian T. Tran, Swati Vora. ICDE 1999. (interoperable databases)
 * Integrating Heterogenous Overlapping Databases through Object-Oriented Transformations. Vanja Josifovski, Tore Risch. VLDB 1999. (integrating heterogeneous databases)
 * Multiple Index Structures for Efficient Retrieval of 2D Objects. Cyrus Shahabi, Maytham Safar, Hezhi Ai. ICDE 1999. (poster, interoperable databases)
 * Physical Data Independence, Constraints, and Optimization with Universal Plans. Alin Deutsch, Lucian Popa, Val Tannen. VLDB 1999. (integrating heterogeneous databases)
 * Quality-driven Integration of Heterogenous Information Systems. Felix Naumann, Ulf Leser, Johann Christoph Freytag. VLDB 1999. (integrating heterogeneous databases)
 * Semantic Brokering over Dynamic Heterogeneous Data Sources in InfoSleuth. Marian H. Nodine, William Bohrer, Anne H. H. Ngu. ICDE 1999. (interoperable databases)
 * Speeding up Heterogeneous Data Access by Converting and Pushing Down String Comparisons. Weiye Zhang, Per-&Aring;ke Larson. ICDE 1999. (poster, interoperable databases)
 * The Bulk Index Join: A Generic Approach to Processing Non-Equijoins. Jochen Van den Bercken, Bernhard Seeger, Peter Widmayer. ICDE 1999. (poster, interoperable databases)

1998

 * Conjunctive-Query Containment and Constraint Satisfaction. Phokion G. Kolaitis, Moshe Y. Vardi. PODS 1998. (query containment)
 * Deciding Equivalences Among Aggregate Queries. Werner Nutt, Yehoshua Sagiv, Sara Shurin. PODS 1998. (query containment)
 * Integration of Heterogeneous Databases Without Common Domains Using Queries Based on Textual Similarity. William W. Cohen. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1998. (integrating heterogeneous data sources)
 * On the Complexity of the Containment Problem for Conjunctive Queries with Built-in Predicates. Phokion G. Kolaitis, David L. Martin, Madhukar N. Thakur. PODS 1998. (query containment)
 * The Heterogeneity Problem and Middleware Technology: Experiences with and Performance of Database Gateways. Fernando de Ferreira Rezende, Klaudia Hergula. VLDB 1998. (heterogeneity and interoperability)
 * Using Schema Matching to Simplify Heterogeneous Data Translation. Tova Milo, Sagit Zohar. VLDB 1998. (heterogeneity and interoperability)
 * Using Schematically Heterogeneous Structures. Ren&eacute;e J. Miller. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1998. (integrating heterogeneous data sources)
 * Your Mediators Need Data Conversion. Sophie Cluet, Claude Delobel, J&eacute;r&ocirc;me Sim&eacute;on, Katarzyna Smaga. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1998. (integrating heterogeneous data sources)
 * nD-SQL: A Multi-Dimensional Language for Interoperability and OLAP. Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Gingras, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan. VLDB 1998. (heterogeneity and interoperability)

1997

 * Distributing Semantic Constraints Between Heterogeneous Databases. Stefan Grufman, Fredrik Samson, Suzanne M. Embury, Peter M. D. Gray, Tore Risch. ICDE 1997. (database interoperability)
 * Languages for Multi-database Interoperability. Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Gingras, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan, Iyer N. Subramanian, Despina Papoulis, Nematollaah Shiri. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1997. (multi-databases and interoperability)
 * MDM: a Multiple-Data-Model Tool for the Management of Heterogeneous Database Schemes. Paolo Atzeni, Riccardo Torlone. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1997. (multi-databases and interoperability)
 * Semantic Dictionary Design for Database Interoperability. Silvana Castano, Valeria De Antonellis. ICDE 1997. (database interoperability)
 * Template-Based Wrappers in the TSIMMIS System. Joachim Hammer, Hector Garcia-Molina, Svetlozar Nestorov, Ramana Yerneni, Markus M. Breunig, Vasilis Vassalos. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1997. (multi-databases and interoperability)
 * The COntext INterchange Mediator Prototype. St&eacute;phane Bressan, Cheng Hian Goh, Kofi Fynn, Marta Jessica Jakobisiak, Karim Hussein, Henry B. Kon, Thomas Lee, Stuart E. Madnick, Tito Pena, Jessica Qu, Annie W. Shum, Michael Siegel. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1997. (multi-databases and interoperability)
 * WOL: A Language for Database Transformations and Constraints. Susan B. Davidson, Anthony Kosky. ICDE 1997. (database interoperability)

1996

 * A Directory Service for a Federation of CIM Databases with Migrating Objects. Ajit K. Patankar, Arie Segev, J. George Shanthikumar. ICDE 1996. (mediation and federated databases)
 * A Toolkit for Constraint Management in Heterogeneous Information Systems. Sudarshan S. Chawathe, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jennifer Widom. ICDE 1996. (query and control in multidatabase systems)
 * An Executable Graphical Representation of Mediatory Information Systems. Jacques Calmet, Dirk Debertin, Sebastian Jekutsch, Joachim Sch&uuml;. ICDE 1996. (mediation and federated databases)
 * Answering Queries Using Limited External Processors. Alon Y. Levy, Anand Rajaraman, Jeffrey D. Ullman. PODS 1996. (data integration)
 * Authorization and Access Control in IRO-DB. Wolfgang E&szlig;mayr, Fritz Kastner, G&uuml;nther Pernul, Stefan Preishuber, A. Min Tjoa. ICDE 1996. (query and control in multidatabase systems)
 * Combining Fuzzy Information from Multiple Systems. Ronald Fagin. PODS 1996. (data integration)
 * Data Access for the Masses through OLE DB. Jos&eacute; A. Blakeley. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1996. (integrating systems)
 * Integrating Information by Outerjoins and Full Disjunctions. Anand Rajaraman, Jeffrey D. Ullman. PODS 1996. (data integration)
 * MedMaker: A Mediation System Based on Declarative Specifications. Yannis Papakonstantinou, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey D. Ullman. ICDE 1996. (mediation and federated databases)
 * Performance Tradeoffs for Client-Server Query Processing. Michael J. Franklin, Bj&ouml;rn &THORN;&oacute;r J&oacute;nsson, Donald Kossmann. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1996. (integrating systems)
 * Query Caching and Optimization in Distributed Mediator Systems. Sibel Adali, K. Sel&ccedil;uk Candan, Yannis Papakonstantinou, V. S. Subrahmanian. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1996. (integrating systems)
 * Query Folding. Xiaolei Qian. ICDE 1996. (query and control in multidatabase systems)

1995

 * A Structure Based Schema Integration Methodology. Manuel Garc&iacute;a-Solaco, F&egrave;lix Saltor, Mal&uacute; Castellanos. ICDE 1995. (integration of heterogeneous systems)
 * A Uniform Framework for Integrating Knowledge in Heterogeneous Knowledge Systems. Sibel Adali, Ross Emery. ICDE 1995. (integration of heterogeneous systems)
 * A Universal Relation Approach to Federated Database Management. J. Leon Zhao, Arie Segev, Abhirup Chatterjee. ICDE 1995. (interoperable systems)
 * Enterprise Workflow Architecture. Weimin Du, Steve Peterson, Ming-Chien Shan. ICDE 1995. (industrial paper, distributed and heterogeneous systems)
 * Flexible Relation: An Approach for Integrating Data from Multiple, Possibly Inconsistent Databases. Shailesh Agarwal, Arthur M. Keller, Gio Wiederhold, Krishna Saraswat. ICDE 1995. (integration of heterogeneous systems)
 * Object Exchange Across Heterogeneous Information Sources. Yannis Papakonstantinou, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jennifer Widom. ICDE 1995. (interoperable systems)
 * Query Interoperation Among Object-Oriented and Relational Databases. Xiaolei Qian, Louiqa Raschid. ICDE 1995. (interoperable systems)
 * The Design and Implementation of a Full-Fledged Multiple DBMS. Shu-Chin Su Chen, Chih-Shing Yu, Yen-Yao Yao, San-Yih Hwang, B. Paul Lin. ICDE 1995. (industrial paper, distributed and heterogeneous systems)
 * Toward Scalability and Interoperability of Heterogeneous Information Sources. Son Dao. ICDE 1995. (industrial paper, distributed and heterogeneous systems)

1994

 * A Query Sampling Method of Estimating Local Cost Parameters in a Multidatabase System. Qiang Zhu, Per-&Aring;ke Larson. ICDE 1994. (multidatabase systems)
 * An Approach for Building Secure Database Federations. Dirk Jonscher, Klaus R. Dittrich. VLDB 1994. (heterogeneous and federated databases)
 * Capturing Design Dynamics the Concord Approach. Norbert Ritter, Bernhard Mitschang, Theo H&auml;rder, Michael Gesmann, Harald Sch&ouml;ning. ICDE 1994. (heterogeneity and multidatabase systems)
 * Cooperative Problem Solving Using Database Conversations. Thomas Kirsche, Richard Lenz, Thomas Ruf, Hartmut Wedekind. ICDE 1994. (multidatabase systems)
 * Providing Dynamic Security Control in a Federated Database. Norbik Bashah Idris, W. A. Gray, R. F. Churchhouse. VLDB 1994. (heterogeneous and federated databases)
 * Resolving Attribute Incompatibility in Database Integration: An Evidential Reasoning Approach. Ee-Peng Lim, Jaideep Srivastava, Shashi Shekhar. ICDE 1994. (multidatabase systems)
 * Semantic Integration in Heterogeneous Databases Using Neural Networks. Wen-Syan Li, Chris Clifton. VLDB 1994. (heterogeneous and federated databases)
 * Semantics-Based Multilevel Transaction Management in Federated Systems. Andrew Deacon, Hans-J&ouml;rg Schek, Gerhard Weikum. ICDE 1994. (heterogeneity and multidatabase systems)
 * Specification and Management of Extended Transactions in a Programmable Transaction Environment. Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Mark F. Hornick, Piotr Krychniak, Frank Manola. ICDE 1994. (heterogeneity and multidatabase systems)

1993

 * A Competitive Dynamic Data Replication Algorithm. Yixiu Huang, Ouri Wolfson. ICDE 1993. (federated database systems)
 * A Language Multidatabase System Communication Protocol. Omran A. Bukhres, eva K&uuml;hn, Franz Puntigam. ICDE 1993. (multidatabase languages)
 * Entity Identification in Database Integration. Ee-Peng Lim, Jaideep Srivastava, Satya Prabhakar, James Richardson. ICDE 1993. (federated database systems)
 * Execution of Extended Multidatabase SQL. L. Suardi, Marek Rusinkiewicz, Witold Litwin. ICDE 1993. (multidatabase languages)
 * Integrating Functional and Data Modeling in a Computer Integrated Manufacturing System. Nabil R. Adam, Aryya Gangopadhyay. ICDE 1993. (federated database systems)
 * Interoperability Using APPC. Debajyoti Mukhopadhyay. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1993. (industrial, information integration)
 * Multidatabase Interdependencies in Industry. Amit P. Sheth, George Karabatis. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1993. (industrial, interoperability)
 * Polyglot: Extensions to Relational Databases for Sharable Types and Functions in a Multi-Language Environment. Linda G. DeMichiel, Donald D. Chamberlin, Bruce G. Lindsay, Rakesh Agrawal, Manish Arya. ICDE 1993. (multidatabase languages)
 * Role of Interoperability in Business Application Development. David Cohen, Gary Larson, Larry Berke. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1993. (industrial, interoperability)
 * Task Scheduling Using Intertask Dependencies in Carot. Darrell Woelk, Paul C. Attie, Philip Cannata, Greg Meredith, Amit P. Sheth, Munindar P. Singh, Christine Tomlinson. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1993. (industrial, interoperability)

1992

 * A Periodic Deadlock Detection and Resolution Algorithm with a New Graph Model for Sequential Transaction Processing. Young Chul Park, Peter Scheuermann, Sang Ho Lee. ICDE 1992. (interoperability)
 * M(DM): An Open Framework for Interoperation of Multimodel Multidatabase Systems. Thierry Barsalou, Dipayan Gangopadhyay. ICDE 1992. (interoperability)
 * Performance Comparisons of Distributed Deadlock Detection Algorithms. Omran A. Bukhres. ICDE 1992. (interoperability)
 * Proclamation-Based Model for Cooperating Transactions. H. V. Jagadish, Oded Shmueli. VLDB 1992. (multidatabase systems)
 * Query Optimization in a Heterogeneous DBMS. Weimin Du, Ravi Krishnamurthy, Ming-Chien Shan. VLDB 1992. (multidatabase systems)
 * The Principle of Commitment Ordering, or Guaranteeing Serializability in a Heterogeneous Environment of Multiple Autonomous Resource Mangers Using Atomic Commitment. Yoav Raz. VLDB 1992. (multidatabase systems)

1991

 * Atomic Commitment for Integrated Database Systems. Peter Muth, Thomas C. Rakow. ICDE 1991. (heterogeneous, federated or multidatabase systems)
 * Data Sharing in a Large Heterogeneous Environment. Rafael Alonso, Daniel Barbar&aacute;, Steve Chon. ICDE 1991. (heterogeneous, federated or multidatabase systems)
 * HYDRO: A Heterogeneous Distributed Database System. William Perrizo, Joseph Rajkumar, Prabhu Ram. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1991. (heterogeneity and security)
 * Language Features for Interoperability of Databases with Schematic Discrepancies. Ravi Krishnamurthy, Witold Litwin, William Kent. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1991. (heterogeneity and security)
 * On Serializability of Multidatabase Transactions Through Forced Local Conflicts. Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Marek Rusinkiewicz, Amit P. Sheth. ICDE 1991. (heterogeneous, federated or multidatabase systems)
 * Towards a Multilevel Secure Relational Data Model. Sushil Jajodia, Ravi S. Sandhu. ACM SIGMOD Conference 1991. (heterogeneity and security)

1989

 * LINDA: A System for Loosely Integrated Databases. Antoni Wolski. ICDE 1989. (federated database systems)
 * Negotiating Data Access in Federated Database Systems. Rafael Alonso, Daniel Barbar&aacute;. ICDE 1989. (federated database systems)
 * Performing Operations over Mismatched Domains. Linda G. DeMichiel. ICDE 1989. (federated database systems)
 * The Inter-Database Instance Identification Problem in Integrating Autonomous Systems. Y. Richard Wang, Stuart E. Madnick. ICDE 1989. (federated database systems)

1988

 * Database Applications Support in Open Systems: Language Concepts and Implementation Architectures. Lingyuan Ge, Wolfgang Johannsen, Winfried Lamersdorf, Kurt Reinhardt, Joachim W. Schmidt. ICDE 1988. (multidatabases)
 * Superdatabases for Composition of Heterogeneous Databases. Calton Pu. ICDE 1988. (multidatabases)
 * Supporting Updates in Heterogeneous Distributed Database Systems. Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Abdelsalam Helal. ICDE 1988. (multidatabases)

1986

 * Analysis of Multi-System Function Request Shipping. Douglas W. Cornell, Daniel M. Dias, Philip S. Yu. ICDE 1986. (heterogeneous databases)
 * Database Integration in a Distributed Heterogeneous Database System. Yuri Breitbart, Peter L. Olson, Glenn R. Thompson. ICDE 1986. (heterogeneous databases)
 * Mermaid - Experiences with Network Operation. Marjorie Templeton, David Brill, Arbee L. P. Chen, Son Dao, Eric Lund. ICDE 1986. (heterogeneous databases)

1978

 * Data Model Equivalence. Sheldon A. Borkin. VLDB 1978. (technical, equivalence and transformation)
 * Data Models Transformation Method Based on Axiomatic Data Model Extension. Leonid A. Kalinichenko. VLDB 1978. (technical, equivalence and transformation)
 * Equivalence among Relational Expressions with the Union and Difference Operation. Yehoshua Sagiv, Mihalis Yannakakis. VLDB 1978. (technical, equivalence and transformation)