The query-vector document model

In a distributed document database system, a query is processed by passing it to a set of individual collections and collating the responses. For a system with many such collections, it is attractive to first identify a small subset of collections as ...

The first steps towards bridging the paper-digital divide have been achieved with the development of a range of technologies that allow printed documents to be linked to digital content and services. However, the static nature of paper and limited ...

This paper is concerned with the presentation of a declarative knowledge base, the Conceptual Model, which describes the invoice domain as generally as possible. Such a model is based on a semantic network that is able to describe the invoice domain by ...