Functional aspects of databases: A research project within the framework of the European program HCM

The authors describe a program intended to help increase the human resources available for research and technological development which will be needed by the Member States of the European Community in the coming years. The main aim is the training of research scientists by mobility and the formation of networks. The program will cover all scientific and technological sectors, and areas of the social and human sciences that are able to improve European competitiveness, such as economic and management science, environmental economics, and the interconnections between science, technology, and society. The activities carried out under the program are: the development of a system of research fellowships, the creation and development of scientific and technical cooperation networks across all the regions of the Community, and the organization of a series of high level meetings at the cutting edge of scientific and technical knowledge

Thesaurus-Based Methodologies and Tools for Maintaining Persistent Application Systems

The research presented in this thesis establishes thesauri as a viable foundation for models, methodologies and tools for change management. Most of the research has been undertaken in a persistent programming environment. Persistent language technology has enabled the construction of sophisticated and well-integrated change management tools; tools and applications reside in the same store. At the same time, the research has enhanced persistent programming environments with models, methodologies and tools that are crucial to the exploitation of persistent programming in construction and maintenance of long-lived, data-intensive application systems