Exchange, integration, and consistency of data. Report on the ARISE/NISR workshop

Abstract

The highlights of 'ARISE/NISR Workshop on Exchange and Integration of Data' held at the IBM Center for Advanced Studies, Toronto Lab, between October 7-9, 2004 are discussed. Research around the management, mapping, and intregration of database schemata is relevant to both data exchange and integration. The goal of data integration is to provide a uniform interface for querying a collection of disparate and heterogeneous data sources. Database research has developed different approaches to deal with inconsistency in a flexible manner.