Semantics of a Networked World. Semantics for Grid Databases [electronic resource] : First International IFIP Conference, ICSNW 2004, Paris, France, June 17-19, 2004, Revised Selected Papers / edited by Mokrane Bouzeghoub, Carole Goble, Vipul Kashyap, Stefano Spaccapietra.

Invited Talks -- Databases and the Grid: JDBC in WSDL, or Something Altogether Different? -- Emergent Semantics Systems -- Integration -- User-Specific Semantic Integration of Heterogeneous Data: The SIRUP Approach -- Towards a Mediation System Framework for Transparent Access to Largely Distributed Sources -- Null Values Revisited in Prospect of Data Integration -- Peer to Peer -- Semantic-Based Query Routing and Heterogeneous Data Integration in Peer-to-Peer Semantic Link Networks -- Peer Selection in Peer-to-Peer Networks with Semantic Topologies -- Autonomous Gossiping: A Self-Organizing Epidemic Algorithm for Selective Information Dissemination in Wireless Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks -- Hyper: A Framework for Peer-to-Peer Data Integration on Grids -- Semantics for Scientific Applications -- Semantically Linking and Browsing Provenance Logs for E-science -- Emergent Semantics: Towards Self-Organizing Scientific Metadata -- Semantic Visualization of Biochemical Databases -- Interoperability and Mediation -- Semantic Information Interoperability in Open Networked Systems -- A New Mechanism for the Interoperability of Data Systems -- An Architecture for Recommendation Based Service Mediation -- Global Services and Schemas -- Static–Dynamic Integration of External Services into Generic Business Processes -- Knowledge Sifter: Agent-Based Ontology-Driven Search over Heterogeneous Databases Using Semantic Web Services -- Managing Grid Schemas Globally -- Posters -- Relational Graphical Models of Computational Workflows for Data Mining -- InfoGrid: Information Resource Integration -- Semantic Annotation of Classification Data for KDD Support Services -- Role of the Ontologies in the Context of Grid Computing and Application for the Human Disease Studies -- Cluster Entries for Semantic Organization of Peer-to-Peer Network -- A Peer-to-Peer Service Supporting Data Quality: Design and Implementation Issues -- Analysis Patterns for the Geographic Database Conceptual Schema: An Ontology Aided Approach.