This is the fifth volume in a sub-series based on the joint effort of Nordic and Japanese scientists in the field of information modelling and knowledge bases.

This sixth IMKB volume attempts to synthesize research done over a longer period of time in a reference book format. The work presents in survey articles the ef

The number of abstraction levels of information, the size of databases and knowledge bases and the amount and complexity of information stored in WWW are contin

This book will provide research communities in Europe and Japan with an overview of scientific results and experiences achieved using innovative methods and app

In the last decades information modelling and knowledge bases have become hot topics not only in academic communities related to information systems and compute