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Advances in Database Technology – EDBT 2002 8th International Conference on Extending Database Technology Prague, Czech Republic, March 25-27, 2002 Proceedings
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Volume Editors Christian S. Jensen ˇ Simonas Saltenis Aalborg University, Department of Computer Science E-mail: {csj/simas}@cs.auc.dk Keith G. Jeffery CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Business and Information Technology Dept. E-mail:
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