Data webs: an evaluation of an innovative information management tool that integrates databases with the world wide web

The World Wide Web (Web) has attracted significant amounts of interest from both researchers and business people. Until very recently, nearly all of the pages on the Web were made up of static text and data. Tools and methods have recently been developed which permit the development of applications for use over the Web. The key element to these systems is the ability to access and manipulate data from databases directly from Web interfaces. …