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We propose constraint databases as an intermediate level facilitating the interoperability of spatiotemporal data models. Constraint query languages are used to express translations between different data models. We illustrate our approach in the context of a number of temporal, spatial and spatiotemporal data models.
The work of the first author was supported by NSF grant IRI-9632870. The work of the second author was supported by NSF grants IRI-9632871 and IRI-9625055, and by a Gallup Research Professorship.
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Chomicki, J., Revesz, P.Z. (1997). Constraint-based interoperability of spatiotemporal databases. In: Scholl, M., Voisard, A. (eds) Advances in Spatial Databases. SSD 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1262. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63238-7_28
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