The Web's widespread growth has dramatically increased the number of data sources available (data warehouses, scientific data banks, digital libraries, and so on), and it has increased the opportunities to harness these data sources in unanticipated ways.
Databases are as ubiquitous as the Internet. The Web's widespread growth has dramatically increased the number of data sources available (data warehouses, scientific data banks, digital libraries, and so on), and it has increased the opportunities to harness these data sources in unanticipated ways.