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Michael L. Brodie: The Promise of Distributed Computing and the Challenges of Legacy Information Systems. 1-31, (earlier version of this paper: BNCOD 1992: 1-28, reprinted in NATO ASI OODBS 1993: 251-286)

Martin Härtig, Klaus R. Dittrich: An Object-Oriented Integration Framework for Building Heterogeneous Database Systems. 33-53

Athman Bouguettaya, Roger King: Large Multidatabases: Issues and Directions. 55-68

Ling-Ling Yan, Tok Wang Ling: Translating Relational Schema With Constraints Into OODB Schema. 69-85

Janusz R. Getta: Translation of Extended Entity-Relationship Database Model into Object-Oriented Database Model. 87-100

Zahir Tari: Interoperability between Database Models. 101-118

Witold Litwin: O*SQL: A Language for Object Oriented Multidatabase Interoperability. 119-137

Qiming Chen, Yahiko Kambayashi: Coordination of Data and Knowledge Base Systems under Distributed Environment. 139-154

Peter Fankhauser, Erich J. Neuhold: Knowledge Based Integration of Heterogeneous Databases. 155-175

Guozhu Dong, Kotagiri Ramamohanarao: Representation and Translation of Queries in Heterogeneous Databases with Schematic Discrepancies. 177-189

Fèlix Saltor, Malú Castellanos, Manuel García-Solaco: Overcoming Schematic Discrepancies in Interoperable Databases. 191-205

Günther Pernul: Canonical Security Modeling for Federated Databases. 207-222

Stefano Ceri, Maurice A. W. Houtsma, Arthur M. Keller, Pierangela Samarati: Achieving Incremental Consistency among Autonomous Replicated Databases. 223-237

Doug Fang, Joachim Hammer, Dennis McLeod: A Mechanism and Experimental System for Function-Based Sharing in Federated Databases. 239-253

Hans-Jörg Schek, Andreas Wolf: Cooperation between Autonomous Operation Services and Object Database Systems in a Heterogeneous Environment. 255-281

Amit P. Sheth, Vipul Kashyap: So Far (Schematically) yet So Near (Semantically). 283-312

William Kent, Rafi Ahmed, Joseph Albert, Mohammad A. Ketabchi, Ming-Chien Shan: Object Identification in Multidatabase Systems. 313-330

Qing Li, Dennis McLeod: Managing Interdepencies among Objects in Federated Databases. 331-347