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We present a technique that is based on volatile mapping objects and enables wrappers-based mediation architectures to describe bi-directional (read–write) interschema mappings of multiple, disparate data sources. We describe the structure of these mapping objects, explain how they work, and compare them to other traditional techniques used for describing schema mappings in data-mediation systems.

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  1. Dept. of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens, Panepistemiopolis, 157 71, Athens, Greece

    Fragkiskos Pentaris & Yannis E. Ioannidis

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Pentaris, F., Ioannidis, Y. Mapping objects. Int J Digit Libr 4, 52–55 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-003-0076-2

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