Compared with "classical" web, multi-tier applications, mobile applications have common and specific requirements concerning data persistence and processing. In mobile apps, database features can be distinctly analyzed for the client (minimalistic, isolated, memory-only) and the server (data...

The flood of books, papers, conferences, and workshops about knowledge management, knowledge economy, knowledge workers, and knowledge society is incessant. Europe wants to become the best knowledge-based economy in the world. Millions of Euros are pumped every year in national and international...