Web, Web-Services, and Database Systems NODe 2002 Web- and Database-

  This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Web- and Database-Related Workshops held during the NetObjectDays international conference NODe 2002, in Erfurt, Germany, in October 2002. The 19 revised full papers presented to

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Akmal B. Chaudhri Mario Jeckle Erhard Rahm Rainer Unland (Eds.)

Web, Web-Services, and Database Systems NODe 2002 Web- and Database-Related Workshops Erfurt, Germany, October 7-10, 2002 Revised Papers

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Series Editors Gerhard Goos, Karlsruhe University, Germany Juris Hartmanis, Cornell University, NY, USA Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Volume Editors Akmal B. Chaudhri Wimbledon, London SW19 3DF, UK E-mail: [email protected] Mario Jeckle DaimlerChrysler Corporate Research Center Ulm Wilhelm Runge Straße 11, 89073 Ulm, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Erhard Rahm Universit¨at Leipzig, Institut f¨ur Informatik Augustusplatz 10-11, 04109 Leipzig, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Rainer Unland University of Essen, Institute for Computer Science Sch¨utzenbahn 70, 45117 Essen, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Bibliothek. Die Deutsche Bibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the Internet at . CR Subject Classification (1998): H.2, H.3, H.4, I.2, C.2, D.2 ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 3-540-00745-8 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York a member of BertelsmannSpringer Science+Business Media GmbH http://www.springer.de © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003 Printed in Germany Typesetting: Camera-ready by author, data conversion by PTP-Berlin, Stefan Sossna e.K. Printed on acid-free paper SPIN: 10872506 06/3142 543210

Preface Net.ObjectDays (NODe) has established itself as one of the most significant events on Objects, Components, Architectures, Services and Applications for a Networked World in Europe and in the world. As in previous years, it took place in the Messekongresszentrum (Fair and Convention Center) in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany, this time during 7–10 October 2002. Founded only three years ago as the official successor conference to JavaDays, STJA (Smalltalk and Java in Industry and Education) and JIT (Java Information Days), NODe has grown into a major international conference that attracts participants from industry, research and users in equal measure since it puts strong emphasis on the active exchange of concep