The Database and Expert Systems Application (DEXA) Conferences are mainly held as state-of-the-art forums on database and expert systems applications. The sessions are application-oriented, ranging from classical applications to more unusual ones in software engineering. Actual research aspects in databases, such as activity, deductivity and/or object orientation are presented here, as well as the implications of the new data models such as the OO-model. Other areas of interest, such as hypertext and multimedia applications, together with the classical field of information retrieval, are also considered. Finally, implementation aspects are reflected in concrete fields.

The Database and Expert Systems Application (DEXA) Conferences are mainly held as state-of-the-art forums on database and expert systems applications. The sessions are application-oriented, ranging from classical applications to more unusual ones in software engineering. Actual research aspects in databases, such as activity, deductivity and/or object orientation are presented here, as well as the implications of the new data models such as the OO-model. Other areas of interest, such as hypertext and multimedia applications, together with the classical field of information retrieval, are also considered. Finally, implementation aspects are reflected in concrete fields.

The Database and Expert Systems Application (DEXA) Conferences are mainly held as state-of-the-art forums on database and expert systems applications. The sessions are application-oriented, ranging from classical applications to more unusual ones in software engineering. Actual research aspects in databases, such as activity, deductivity and/or object orientation are presented here, as well as the implications of the new data models such as the OO-model. Other areas of interest, such as hypertext and multimedia applications, together with the classical field of information retrieval, are also considered. Finally, implementation aspects are reflected in concrete fields.