The main principle of this workshop series is to focus on one selected theme different from year to year, and to offer the opportunity for in-depth exchange of ideas and experiences between the best database researchers in the area. This year research papers on the Foundations of Models for Information Integration are solicited.
Papers emphasising foundations of emerging topics within the theme are especially welcome.
Furthermore, participants will be asked in advance to prepare a response to the work presented. In addition to the talks, there will be working groups which concentrate on current research topics and try to develop a common understanding of the problems involved. Participation to the workshop will be by invitation only. The workshop will take place in Viterbo, one of the most famous medieval towns of Italy. Still enclosed within its walls, Viterbo has preserved a medieval appearance surprisingly unaltered and is even more colourful due to the survival of the ancient artisan traditions.